(Download) Chinese Snowball Viburnum Bush

Plant 8 or 9 feet apart for a dense screen.

Chinese snowball viburnum bush. Snowball bush facts the first thing to know about snowball bushes is that there are several different types. Pruning the shrub helps control the size produces an attractive shape and promotes blooming by. Chinese snowball viburnum spring s best flowering shrub. Once flowering is done this dense round shrub blends into the background allowing other plants to steal the show. The chinese snowball viburnum bush viburnum macrocephalum is similar in appearance and also produces flowers that start pale green and age to white even though the two plants aren t related. The three inch clusters of snowball flowers start out apple green and morph to white eventually fading to a rosy color as do some hydrangea shrubs. If you re wondering how to tell snowball bushes apart take a look at these characteristics.

Growing 10 to 15 feet tall and 10 12 feet wide at maturity chinese snowball viburnum can be grown as a large shrub or lower branches can be removed to form a very attractive small tree ideal for use as an eye catching specimen or grouping in landscape and flowering shrub borders. The best time to do this is around may after the flowers bloom although it can be done anytime as needed. They start out with a light green tint but develop into elegant snowball sized flowers. This large shrub grows into an upright dense mound. The chinese snowball is a striking anchor plant to soften the corners of your home. Chinese snowball viburnum viburnum macrocephalum is a beautiful shrub with hydrangea like flowers to include in your landscape. Viburnum snowball bushes grow relatively quickly so they can become too tall or crowded.

And while many viburnums are fragrant chinese snowball isn t a bonus for those with sensitive noses. You can cut the flowers to use in displays. The chinese snowball bush is stunning as a focal in mixed beds and cottage gardens. Try this hardy viburnum in a formal hedge or screen. Viburnum snowball bush is popular and easy to grow. There are also other types such as the japanese snowball bush chinese snowball bush and the fragrant snowball bush. The most common is the european snowball bush which is also called roseum according to diy network.

Outstanding showy hydrangea like blooms large scale plants are excellent for hedges and screening great as a background shrub for borders or beds dark green leaves are semi evergreen in southern regions easy to grow in full sun or part shade. Give it ample room. Chinese snowball viburnum macrocephalum is a deciduous shrub that reaches a height up to 20 feet. You can also cut out the larger older shoots to thin the plant.