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Tennessee
Possumhaw Viburnum in flower
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Possumhaw Viburnum

Viburnum nudum

Spring Azure caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 26 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Moist soil
Size
8.5 ft to 12 ft tall, 8.5 ft wide
Flowers
White
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Woody roots; wants 14 in of soil
Kind
Tree, Shrub
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Possumhaw Viburnum, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Butterflies
Host plant for the Spring Azure
Caterpillars
95 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
17 kinds of native bees
Birds
18 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Mining bee (Andrena forbesii), Mining bee (Andrena nasonii), Mining bee (Andrena commoda), Mining bee (Andrena spiraeana)

Grows well with

Northern Highbush Blueberry9 ft tallNarrowleaf Sunflower6 ft tallPink Azalea7 ft tallCommon Elderberry8 ft tallSweet Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallHollow Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallCutleaf Coneflower6 ft tallSwamp Azalea5 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Viburnum nudum.