| Description | Witherod Viburnum (Viburnum cassinoides) is a hardy suckering, medium sized shrub with one of the best ornamental fruit displays of the Viburnums. |
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| Pronunciation | (vy-BER-num)(kas-i-NOY-dez) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average,moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | white flat topped inflorescence (cymes), many yellowish stamens |
| Fruit | green to pink, than red to blue finally black |
| Leaves | emerging bronze to dark green, red to purple in the fall |
| Stems | suckering |
| Dimensions | 10 by 10 feet, upright spreading |
| Propagation | softwood cutting |
| Cultivar Origin | introduced 1761 |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Swamp Viburnum, Appalachian Tea Viburnum, Swamp Black haw, Wild Raisin False Paraguay Tea |
| Notes & Reference | #106-Viburnums (Michael Dirr), #226-Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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