Name: Popcorn Snowball Viburnum Bush - 3 Gallon Pot
SKU: D2LSC 0385825217
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Popcorn Viburnum

Viburnum plicatum f. pilcatum ‘Popcorn’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 6-8′

Width at Maturity: 5-7′

Spacing: 5′ for solid hedge; 10’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Vase Shape

Growth Rate: Moderate, Fast

Flower Color: Light Green fades to White

Flower Size: 3″ clusters

Flowering Period: Spring, Fall

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun With Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun

Water Needs: Average, Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Dry when established

Soil pH: 5.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect

Description

There just aren’t too many flowering shrubs that rival the magnificence of a snowball viburnum in full bloom, and like its Chinese cousin, the Popcorn Japanese Viburnum won’t disappoint. In mid to late spring, this beauty becomes literally smothered in showy, 3 inch clusters of snowball-like flower clusters that will light up the garden. The flowers are excellent both fresh or dried to make beautiful bouquets. Oval-shape, toothed, strongly-veined, dark green leaves turn to an attractive burgundy-red in fall.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 6 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 7 feet wide at maturity, Popcorn Viburnum can be grown as a large shrub or lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree ideal for use as a colorful specimen or grouping in landscape and flowering shrub borders. Also useful to frame corners, accentuate entryways, or as espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. A fine addition to cut flower gardens, white theme gardens, and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Growing Preferences

Popcorn Viburnum is very easy to grow in most any average, most but well drained soil and full sun to part shade. It prefers a loamy soil of average fertility. As with so many other ornamental plants, it does not like constantly soggy or wet conditions. Very drought tolerant when established and we’ve seen no serious pest or disease problems. Deer haven’t touched it in our gardens. For best flowering, at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day is suggested. Responds very well to pruning for shaping, size control and tree forming. Prune as needed immediately after flowering.

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Viburnum variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

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Plants arrived quickly, very well packaged and in healthy condition. Very happy with the purchase.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I haven’t yet had the pleasure of seeing this bush in bloom yet but it arrived beautifully packaged and healthy. The pruning was expert and although it was a little root bound I got it in the ground with some Biotone and now I’m just waiting impatiently to see it perform. I am definitely considering ordering from Wilson Bros. again as this plant came in such excellent condition!—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

My plant arrived in perfect condition! I was very impressed with the packaging. My viburnum was fully leafed out, healthy, and hydrated (even after being delivered to the wrong address and sitting for three days)! The root ball was fully developed without being root-bound. I couldn’t be more pleased-definitely recommend this product and company!—————————————–Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG