Slide 1 ADOXACEAE Viburnum opulus var americanum Slide 2 ADOXACEAE FAMILY Elderberry Family – Cranberry Direct Children – Adoxa Sambucus Viburnum Leaves - Opposite, simple or compound, serrate or entire , some deeply lobed Flowers - in cymose clusters (disc shaped to round) or panicles, actinomorphic Petals - 4-5, fused together at the base white, creamy white Sepals – 4-5 fused together at the base Stamens - 4-5 Stigma – lobed ovary - inferior Fruit – drupe fleshy, red to purple/black https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/american-highbush-cranberry http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/basin/5petal/honey/sam/red.htm https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/american-highbush-cranberry Slide 3 Viburnum opulus var americanum https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/american-highbush-cranberry Native to Alberta https://www.portlandnursery.com/natives/viburnum-trilobum Slide 4 http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/2452 Viburnum opulus (trilobum) Slide 5 Viburnum opulus var americanum (V. trilobum) - American Highbush Cranberry Zone 2: Native to Alberta Full sun to full shade moist well drained soil Significant Features… Slide 6 jardinjasmin.com plants.makeitgreen.ca shelmerdine.com Slide 7 Viburnum opulus (trilobum - American Highbush Cranberry Large Shrub 10ft high x 8ft wideupright, dense medium to coarse textured Slide 8 Viburnum opulus - American Highbush Cranberry Leaves: 3 -5 lobes, serrate to entire, approximately 6cm long and wide, deeply indented veins, rounded base, emerge reddish in spring, red fall colour https://www.ernstseed.com/product/arrowwood-pa-ecotype/ Slide 9 Viburnum opulus ( trilobum) Stems: smooth, reddish brown to gray with agepith brown Buds: pointed, adpressed to the stem , winter buds red. Slide 10 Viburnum opulus (V. trilobum) -American Highbush Cranberry Flowers: large white sterile flowers on the outside of a disc shaped corymb. Inner flowers are small and fertile. Inflorescence 10-15 cmProduced at the tip of the branches Spring blooming, scented. Fruit: drupe, red, edible. Birds will eat the fruit and deposit the seeds randomly. Slide 11 Viburnum opulus (V. trilobum ) - American Highbush Cranberry Landscape value: red fall colour specimen, informal hedge, mass plantings, attracts birds http://crossnurseries.com/product/viburnum-trilobum-alfredo/ http://search.millcreeknursery.ca/11050005/Plant/2056/Bailey_Compact_Cranberry Slide 12 Viburnum opulus -American Highbush Cranberry Cultivars/varieties: COMPACTUM ( 6 ft x 6 ft ) ALFREDO ( 4ft x 4 ft) BAILEY COMPACT- 5 ft x 5 ftnew stems golden Slide 13 ADOXACEAE Viburnum opulus var opulus ‘Nanum’,’Roseum’,’Sterile’ Slide 14 Viburnum opulus European Highbush Cranberry Native to Europe, Asia, North Africa https://inselliet.life/product_details/33602327.html https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1590451432/viburnum-opulus-roseum-gelder-rose-plant ‘ Roseum’ or ‘Sterile’ - Snowball or Gelder Rose Viburnum Slide 15 Viburnum opulus - Snowball Fruit: drupe, red NOT EDIBLE. Fruit stays on the plant throughout the winter. https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=4255 Slide 16 https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/viburnum-opulus Slide 17 https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/viburnum-trilobum-and-viburnum-opulus Slide 18 ‘Nanum’ - Hedge Viburnum - Dwarf European Viburnum https://www.antheiagardens.ca/plant/Viburnum-opulus-Nanum minimal flowers, no fruit 60 cm x 60 cm Slide 19 Viburnum edule Native throughout Alberta Low Bush Cranberry, Mooseberry Low branching shrub 1-2m high moist well drained soil, mostly in boreal habitats https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=16 FYI Slide 20 Viburnums (FYI) 1. Viburnum dentatum ‘Christom’ (Blue Muffin) 2. Viburnum lentago 3. Viburnum lantana ‘Mohican’ Blue Muffin Bailey Compact Wayfaring Tree Nannyberry Snowball Viburnum American Highbush Cranberry 1. 2. 3