Overview

Transform your garden into a picturesque haven with the timeless beauty of the Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant. This classic, fast-growing deciduous shrub, also known as Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’, is celebrated for its spectacular display of pure white, globe-shaped flowers that resemble snowballs, gracing your landscape from late spring through early summer. With a dense, upright branching habit, this versatile plant makes a bold statement in any garden design. Beyond its show-stopping blooms, the Snowball Viburnum shrub offers attractive bright green foliage that transitions to a lovely purplish-red in the fall, adding multi-seasonal interest before its leaves drop for winter. This robust plant is an excellent choice for gardeners seeking a reliable and visually stunning addition to their outdoor spaces.

The Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant is a beloved ornamental for its ease of care and dramatic visual impact. It thrives in a variety of settings, from formal gardens to more naturalized landscapes, providing both structure and vibrant seasonal color. Its vigorous growth ensures a quick establishment in your garden, allowing you to enjoy its magnificent blooms sooner. Whether you’re an experienced horticulturist or a budding enthusiast, this viburnum variety promises to be a rewarding and beautiful investment for your home.

Key Benefits

The Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant offers a multitude of benefits that make it a standout choice for any gardener. Its striking appearance and adaptable nature contribute to a vibrant and dynamic landscape throughout the seasons. Here are some of the key advantages of incorporating this magnificent shrub into your garden:

• Spectacular White Blooms: Enjoy an abundance of classic, large, snowball-shaped white flowers that densely cover the plant from late spring into summer, creating a breathtaking focal point. This intense bloom period is what makes the classic white flowering shrub so popular.
• Vibrant Seasonal Foliage: The bright green leaves provide lush beauty during spring and summer, then transform into a stunning purplish-red in the fall, adding rich autumnal color before the plant enters dormancy.
• Excellent for Hedges and Privacy Screens: Its dense branching habit and substantial mature size make it an ideal choice for creating effective privacy screens, borders, or flowering hedges that define garden spaces.
• Adaptable Garden Presence: While naturally growing 8-10 feet tall, this shrub responds very well to pruning, allowing you to maintain a smaller size if desired, making it adaptable to various garden scales.
• Cold Hardy and Resilient: Thriving in USDA Zones 3-8, this hardy deciduous shrub is well-suited for a wide range of climates, demonstrating excellent resistance to cold temperatures and ensuring reliable performance year after year.
• Fast-Growing Nature: Experience relatively quick establishment and growth, allowing you to enjoy its mature beauty and benefits sooner compared to slower-growing plant varieties.
• Versatile Landscape Use: Perfect as a specimen plant, foundation planting, or integrated into mixed borders, the Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant enhances diverse landscape designs.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant is relatively straightforward, ensuring years of beautiful blooms and foliage. To achieve the best growth and flowering performance, proper siting and consistent care are essential. This shrub prefers a location with full sun exposure, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Adequate sunlight is crucial for maximizing bloom production and encouraging the vibrant fall foliage color. While it tolerates some partial shade, too much shade can result in fewer flowers and a less dense growth habit.

When it comes to soil, the Snowball Viburnum shrub thrives in well-drained, average garden soil. It’s not overly particular about soil pH but avoids consistently soggy or waterlogged conditions, which can lead to root rot. If your soil is heavy clay, amending it with organic matter like compost before planting will improve drainage and aeration. Water moderately, especially during dry spells or its first few growing seasons, ensuring the soil remains moist but never waterlogged. Once established, it becomes more tolerant of short periods of drought. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer formulated for flowering shrubs to support healthy growth and abundant blooms. Pruning should be done lightly after the blooming period to shape the plant, remove any dead or crossing branches, and control its size. This helps maintain its aesthetic appeal and ensures vigorous growth for the following season. This Viburnum opulus variety is generally pest and disease resistant, making it a low-maintenance choice for many gardeners.

Size & Details

The Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant you receive will be shipped in a 4-inch pot, ready for planting. At the time of shipping, the approximate height of the plant will range from 6 to 12 inches tall, providing a healthy young specimen ready to establish in your garden. This is a deciduous flowering shrub with a fast growth rate, meaning it will quickly reach its mature size under optimal conditions. The mature height of the Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum is typically 8-10 feet tall, with a similar spread, creating a substantial presence in the landscape. Its impressive white blooms appear from late spring through summer, offering a long season of interest. This shrub is hardy in USDA Zones 3–8, making it suitable for a wide range of temperate climates. Plant it in full sun for the best flowering and foliage color, and ensure it has well-drained, average soil for optimal health and vigor. The plant will arrive with established roots within its pot, ensuring a smooth transition to its new home in your garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum get? A: This hardy deciduous shrub typically reaches a mature height of 8-10 feet tall with a similar spread. However, it responds well to pruning after blooming if you wish to maintain a smaller size.
• Q: What size pot does the plant come in? A: Your Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant will be shipped in a 4-inch nursery pot, and its approximate height at shipping will be between 6 and 12 inches.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum live plant is an outdoor plant, best suited for garden beds, hedges, or as a specimen plant in landscapes where it can receive full sun.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For the best flowering and foliage color, this classic white flowering shrub requires full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. It can tolerate some partial shade, but blooms may be less prolific.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Old Fashion Snowball Viburnum is considered an easy-to-care-for plant. It’s adaptable to various soil conditions (as long as they are well-drained) and is relatively low-maintenance once established.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your plant will arrive as a live, healthy specimen in a 4-inch pot with established roots. Depending on the season, it may be dormant and leafless in winter, which is normal.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this Viburnum? A: The best time to plant your Viburnum opulus is in spring or fall when temperatures are moderate. This allows the plant to establish its root system before extreme heat or cold.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Yes, this hardy deciduous shrub is cold hardy, thriving in USDA Zones 3-8, making it suitable for a wide range of climates with cold winters.
• Q: What type of soil does the Snowball Viburnum prefer? A: It prefers well-drained, average soil. While not picky about pH, ensure the soil doesn’t remain waterlogged. Amending heavy clay soils with organic matter is beneficial.