Sargent viburnum is a deciduous shrub that commands attention in any landscape with its remarkable dual season show: spring brings showy flat-topped white flower clusters, followed by eye-catching red fruit in summer and fall. Growing 12 to 15 feet tall and equally wide, this multi-stemmed native thrives in zones 3 through 7, making it one of the hardiest viburnums for cold climates. The foliage tells its own story, emerging bronze-purple in spring, deepening to medium-dark green through summer, and painting itself in yellow and red hues before dropping. It's a workhorse shrub that asks little of you while delivering abundant color across three seasons.
Partial Sun
Moderate
3-7
180in H x 180in W
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Moderate
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The spring flowers arrive in clusters up to 4 inches across, combining small fertile florets surrounded by showier sterile ones in a distinctive pattern. Come summer, the fruit turns brilliant red, drawing birds and butterflies from across your yard. Bronze-purple new growth that shifts to deep green and then gold-to-crimson fall color means this shrub earns its place through nearly every month of the growing season.
Sargent viburnum functions beautifully as a hedging shrub, where its dense multi-stemmed structure and moderate growth habit provide excellent screening without demanding constant pruning. Its abundant flowers and fruit also make it valuable as an ornamental focal point in mixed borders or as a wildlife magnet when sited where you can watch birds and butterflies visit throughout the season.
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Prune Sargent viburnum immediately after flowering in late spring if shaping or size control is needed. The key timing here: cutting after the flowers fade but before fruit develops allows the plant to redirect energy into the showy red berries that follow. Beyond that, the shrub's naturally rounded, upright form means you can often let it grow without intervention.
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