Viburnum sargentii Koehne

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'Viburnum sargentii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-sargentii/). Accessed 2025-11-16.

Family

  • Viburnaceae

Genus

Synonyms

  • Viburnum opulus subsp. calvescens (Rehder) Sugim.

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'Viburnum sargentii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-sargentii/). Accessed 2025-11-16.

An ally of V. opulus in N.E. Asia, introduced to Europe through Prof. Sargent in 1892. It is a coarser growing shrub with often larger leaves, a corky bark, and smaller fruits. It is not so useful and well-doing a shrub as V. opulus in Britain, starting earlier into growth, and being subject to injury by spring frosts. There is a yellow-fruited form – f. flavum Rehd – which comes partly true when raised from seeds (see D. Wyman, Shrubs and Vines (1969), p. 494). This is in cultivation in Britain and received an Award of Merit in 1967.


'Onondaga'

In Onondaga’ the young leaves are coloured deep bronze and retain a tinge of that colour when older. Flower buds red. This very ornamental viburnum was raised by Donald Egolf at the United States National Arboretum and is now widely cultivated.