ShrubsArrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 2-8, that matures to about 6-10 ft × 6-10 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts butterflies, pollinators and small mammals, stands up well to black walnut, deer and fire.
- USDA zones
- 2-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 6-10 ft × 6-10 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Pollinators, Small mammals, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Fire
- Native to
- Eastern North America
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Arrowwood Viburnum is hardy to about -50°F (estimated from USDA zone 2), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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