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Viburnum Opulus

alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
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Of the various Viburnum Opulus available,  is there one that could be  recommended as especially good/attractive and are they all beneficial to wildlife or does the native win hands down on that front?
Thank you.

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  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Viburnus Opulus is native to Europe. There are also compact versions, flowers are loved by insects and berries by birds. An attractive shrub, slow growing though.

    Luxembourg
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    If looking for wildlife benefits you need to choose a variety that has berries. Roseum is sterile and and only flowers.


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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Just stick with Viburnum opulus.
    Fab flowers AND berries.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    Thank you all. 
    Looking at @Silver surfer super photos, would any of you say it is a shrub that is better suited to a border with other plants rather than a stand alone specimen shrub please?
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    alfharris8 said:
    Thank you all. 
    Looking at @Silver surfer super photos, would any of you say it is a shrub that is better suited to a border with other plants rather than a stand alone specimen shrub please?
    Either way.
    It even looks good in a mixed hedge with hawthorn , holly etc.

    This one I had as more of a specimen.
    Viburnum opulus  xanthocarpum ..fabulous berries.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We have one in what we call our spinney. As @Silver surfer says they have great foliage, flowers and berries. The birds actually leave the berries until very late in the season. Fabulous tree for us.
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    I have two compactus ones that aren't really large enough to show their full potential yet and I was just curious to know if there was a consensus on the best kind. 
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