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Red Balloon® Viburnum x rhytidophylloides

Flower Season
  • Fall
Mature Size
8' 8' 2.4m 2.4m
Height: 6' - 8'
Spread: 6' - 8'
Height: 1.8m - 2.4m
Spread: 1.8m - 2.4m
  • Details

    72 - 96 Inches
    96 - 120 Inches
    72 - 96 Inches
    1.8m - 2.4m
    2.4m - 3.0m
    1.8m - 2.4m

    Features

    Get more from your landscape with Red Balloon® viburnum!

    In spring, large, lacy white flower clusters cover the plant, followed by green fruit which turns brilliant red in late summer. The thick, leathery foliage lends a distinguished, handsome look to the plant all season. This viburnum will develop some berries without another variety as a pollinator, but you'll get more fruit if planted around 'Mohican' or 'Alleghany.'

    Top reasons to grow Red Balloon® viburnum:

    - multi-season interest

    - deer resistant

    - shade tolerant

    Produces Berries
    Fall Interest
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Tall
    Garden Height: 
    72 - 96 Inches 1.8m - 2.4m
    Spacing: 
    96 - 120 Inches 2.4m - 3.0m
    Spread: 
    72 - 96 Inches 1.8m - 2.4m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Good for Screening
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Red Balloon® viburnum is a fairly large plant that makes an excellent hedge or foundation planting. 

    PLEASE NOTE: For best fruiting, you'll need 'Mohican' or 'Alleghany'

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Best in moist, well drained, slightly acidic soil.  Trim to shape after flowering.

    Fun Facts: 

    The fruits of Red Balloon® viburnum are not edible for humans, but they are relished by wildlife.

    Red Balloon® Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Redell' USPP 24,227, Can 4,913
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