Finding a shrub that thrives in various conditions while offering year-round ornamental interest can be challenging. But the Blue Muffin® Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) checks all the boxes! This versatile native shrub adds beauty to any landscape with its crisp white flower clusters that appear in spring, attracting a flurry of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. In the fall, this shrub is adorned with blue fruit, a valuable food source for birds before the winter. Blue Muffin® requires a pollinating partner – another Viburnum dentatum variety to produce berries. These berries enhance the plant’s visual appeal throughout the fall and winter and provide a valuable food source for birds. Plant along a hedge for privacy, or add it as a specimen to your pollinator garden.
Vital Details:
Plant size: 5-7’ tall x 5-7’ wide
Light: Sun (6+ hours sun) to part-sun (4-6 hours sun)
Water: Average water needs. Tolerates occasional wet soil.
Hardiness: 3-8 (Find your hardiness zone)
Season of interest: Spring through fall.
Pollinator value: Attracts hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects to the garden.
Host plant to the following: Host plant to the Spring Azure butterfly & green marvel moth.
Notable Features: Native, pollinator-friendly, spring-blooming, deer-resistant, fall-interest
Pot Size: One quart
Plant Name: Viburnum dentatum ‘Christom’