Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub or Small Tree
Height at Maturity: 6-8′
Width at Maturity: 8-10′
Spacing: 5-6′ apart for solid hedges; 12’+ apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding, Shelved Branching
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: 4″ lacecap clusters
Flowering Period: Late Spring, Early Summer
Flower Type: Single in lacecap clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green, Burgundy, Bright Red in Fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: Yes
Berry Color: Scarlet-Red
Sun Needs: Full or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun With Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist but Well-Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Song Birds
Resistances / Tolerances: Deer – more info, Disease, Shade
Description
A superior Viburnum selection, ‘Mariesii’ forms a full to the ground, 6-8 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide dome shaped mound that becomes literally covered with very pretty white flowers arranged in lacecap clusters in late spring and early summer. Mariesii is a butterfly and hummingbird magnet. Following the flower show are numerous clusters of scarlet-red berries the song birds will love. Finally, to end the three-season color show, the deep green foliage turns deep maroon and then to a vivid red in fall. A truly spectacular shrub that deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow. USDA Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a rounded mound 6 to 8 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide, the Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural hedge in sunny to partially shaded landscape and flowering shrub borders or against a large open wall in home foundation plantings. A fine addition to white theme gardens, Viburnum gardens, wildlife gardens, and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 5-6 feet apart for solid hedges; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum is very easy to grow in full sun to part shade and most any average garden soil that is moist but well-drained. As with so many other ornamental shrubs it does not like constantly soggy or wet soil, which can cause problems with the roots. In our gardens here in Zone 8a of north-central Georgia, we’ve found it looks and performs its best with a little shade or filtered sun during the hottest part of summer afternoons. That said, in zones 5a to 7a it should do fine in all-day sun.
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