Landscape Shrubs V-Z by Scientific Name

Scientific Name	Common Name	Comments
Viburnum opulus	European Cranberrybush Viburnum	Size: medium (8' tall by 8' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: showy, white flowers; outer ring sterile, inner fertile, May Fruits: beautiful red clusters of fruit, fall Fall color: can be maroon especially in cooler climates Culture: sun to partial shade; rich, moist soil best Disease/insect: none serious Uses: shrub bed Cultivars: 'Compactum' (smaller), 'Nanum' (dwarf, no flws or fruits), 'Roseum' (one of the 'snowball' viburnums)
Viburnum plicatum	Japanese Snowball Viburnum	Sized: large (10' tall by 10' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: snow white 'snowballs' of sterile flowers; mid-April Fruits: none (sterile) Fall color: maroon Culture: sun to partial shade; fairly adaptable once established Disease/insect: none serious Use: large shrub beds This is an anomaly since a botanical species should be able to reproduce by seed and this does not. It is the Doublefile Virburnum (var. tomentosum) that produces seed!!! Kind of backwards
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum	Doublefile Viburnum	Size: large (10' tall by 10' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: very showy. Outer ring of sterile flowers with inner fertile flowers Fruit: significant. Red fruit (drupe) turns black late summer Fall color: maroon Culture: sun to partial shade; rich, moist soil best Use: massed, back of shrub bed Cultivars: 'Lanarth', 'Mariesii', 'Shasta', 'Summer Snowflake'
Viburnum trilobum	Cranberrybush viburnum	Size: 9’ tall by 9’ wide Flowers: White in late April/early May Fruit: ¼”-diameter, lipstick red Fall color: in northern climates is a deep maroon Culture: fairly adaptable, moist soil best, partial sun Use: massed, specimen, filler, low hedge
Viburnum x burkwoodii	Burkwood Viburnum	Size: medium (7' tall by 7' wide) deciduous shrub (almost semi-evergreen in south Arkansas) Flowers: white flowers just before or as leaves emerge in April; One of several very fragrant Viburnums Fruit: red/black berry (drupe) often little landscape value Fall color: sporadic, often none in Arkansas Culture: sun to partial shade; rich, moist soil best Disease/insect: none serious Use: specimen, medium hedge, mixed shrub bed Cultivars: similar to V. carlesii, V.xjuddii
Viburnum x rhytodophylloides	Lantanaphyllum Viburnum	Size: large (10' tall by 10' wide) semi-evergreen to broadleaf evergreen. Very coarse texture Flowers: creamy white flowers, mid-April Fruits: significant, red turns black Fall color: none Culture: sun to partial shade; adaptable to most soils Disease/insect: none serious Use: back of mixed shrub border V. rhytodphyllum (evergreen) x V. lantana (deciduous)
Vitex agnus-castus	Chastetree; Vitex	Size: large (12' tall by 12' wide) deciduous shrub or small tree Flowers: showy, summer, white, purple, pink Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: sun; Very heat and drought tolerant Use: large shrub or small tree
Weigela florida	Weigela	Size: medium (6' tall by 8' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: showy, funnel flowers in May; pink, white, yellow, red Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: sun; very adaptable once established Disease/insect: none serious Use: mass, shrub bed Cultivars: many; 'Eva Rathki', 'Minuet', 'Red Prince', 'Variegata'
X Cupressocyparis leylandii	Leyland Cypress	Size: very fast growing, pyramidal (25' tall by 10' wide) conifer Culture: tolerant of soil; full sun Disease/insect: increasing problem with Seridium and Botryosphaeria canker; bagworm Use: hedge/screen plant; Christmas tree Intergeneric (Cupressus x Chamaecyparis) hybrid
X Fatshedera lizei	Fatshedera	Size: medium (5' tall by 4' wide) broadleaf evergreen Flowers: creamy panicles in winter Fruits: not significant Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen Culture: best in rich, moist soil, partial sun; Zone 8 (protected in zone 7) Disease/insect: none significant Use: tropical looking Intergeneric hybrid: Hedera helix X Fatsia japonica
Yucca filamentosa	Yucca	Size: small (foliage 18" tall) shrub Flowers: dramatic, white flower panicle May through June Culture: full sun; great for hot, dry locations Disease/insect: none serious Use: Southwestern appearance, rock gardens