Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, Texas Blackland Prairies, Western Gulf Coastal Plain
Eastern Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, Limestone Cut Plain, Western Cross Timbers
Bastrop Lost Pines, Floodplains and Low Terraces2, Northern Post Oak Savanna, Northern Prairie Outliers, San Antonio Prairie, Southern Post Oak Savanna
Floodplains and Low Terraces4, Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes
Floodplains and Low Terraces1, Northern Blackland Prairie, Southern Blackland Prairie
Flatwoods, Floodplains and Low Terraces3, Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces, Red River Bottomlands, Southern Tertiary Uplands, Tertiary Uplands
Plant Characteristics
Growth Form
Tree
Height
15
to
20
ft.
Spread
10
to
15
ft.
Leaf Retention
Deciduous
Lifespan
Perennial
Habitat and Care Requirements
Soil Type(s)
Deep, Well Drained
Light Requirement
Part Shade
Water Requirement
Low
Native Habitat
Woodland
Bloom and Attraction
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
Spring
Seasonal Interest
Fruit, Fall Color, Nectar
Wildlife Benefit
Butterflies, Birds, Small Mammals, Bees
Maintenance
Prune for shape or to raise canopy for walkways if desired. Wait to prune until right after bloom. Needs deep, well drained soils. Propagation: Seed, Semi-hardwood cuttngs.
Comments
Blooms March-May. Slow grower. Good understory tree. Glossy, dark-green, deciduous leaves turn a variety of warm hues in autumn. Flowers white, in rounded or flattened clusters up to 4” wide, which are noticeable from a distance in early spring. Provides nectar for a variety of bees and butterflies. Fruit fleshy, bluish black, favored by birds.
Previous Scientific Name(s): Synonym(s): Viburnum prunifolium var. ferrugineum, Viburnum rufidulum var. margarettiae, Viburnum rufotomentosum
References
1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) Miller, George O., Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas 2nd Ed., 2013, pg 48. 3) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg. 306. 4) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIRU. 5) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Viburnum+rufidulum&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 6) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=149&locationType=County&mapType=Normal, 7) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=35274#null, 8) Native and Adapted Landscape Plants, City of Austin and Texas A&M, 2014, 9) NPSOT member input.