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- Viburnum plicatum ‘Popcorn’
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 9b
- When in bloom, ‘Popcorn’ viburnum is covered in the spring with 3-inch balls of snowy white flowers resembling popcorn. It has an upwardly branching habit and good fall color; any fruit is produced sporadically. This makes a fantastic specimen shrub.
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- Shades of Pink Viburnum
- Woody Ornamentals - Flowering Shrubs - Broadleaf - Evergreen
- Growth Size: Tall Shrub - 6 to 8 feet tall, 6 to 8 feet wide
- Growth Habit: Arching - Rounded
- Features: Fall Foliage Color
- Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant (once established), Water once a week in extreme heat
- Attracts:
- Garden Ideas:
- Rustic, Urban Minimalist, Cutting
- Flower features: Showy Flowers, Good for Cut Flowers
- Stunning white flowers that bloom in spring
- Fruit & seed features: Blackish red fruit sporadically that will ripen in fall
- Foliage type and color: Semi-Evergreen, Dark Green
- Landscape Uses: Hedges, Screen, Grouping, Woodland edge
- Accent, Border, Mass Planting, Specimen
- ‘Popcorn’ Viburnum is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Tall Shrub - 6 to 8 feet tall, 6 to 8 feet wide
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Spacing: 7-10 ft apart
- Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Watering: Average
- Soil Types: Adaptable to pH Average Adapted to most soil types
- General Plant Care: Care for your shrubs includes monitoring for pests and diseases, periodically checking soil moisture, and providing fertilizer as needed. In general, plants that have sufficient water and the correct amount of fertilizer tend to not have as many pest and disease problems. Water new plants weekly during the growing season in the first year, and as needed after that.
- General Planting Tips: Choose a site suited to your plant's light, soil, and space needs. Dig a hole twice as wide but no deeper than the container. Remove plant from container and loosen roots slightly. Place the plant in the hole. If using slow-release (coated) fertilizer, you may add it according to package directions at this time. Add soil back to the hole, ensuring the top of the soil from the container is even with the surrounding soil. Water well, and add more soil if needed. Add 2-3 inches of mulch around plant, taking care to keep away from stem or trunk. See our FAQ page for more details on Mulching.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Once in spring with a slow-release fertilizer recommended for this plant (shrub, tree) at a rate according to package directions.
- General Pruning suggestions: Spring-flowering shrubs and trees bloom on buds that formed on growth from the previous season, also known as “old wood.” Do not prune these plants in late winter or before they bloom in early spring! If you do, you will be cutting off the flower buds. If pruning is needed, do it in late spring, soon after the shrub has finished blooming. This will allow time for new growth and buds to form in late summer and fall, which will bear another season of blooms next spring.
