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Viburnum dentatum Chicago Lustre® (syn. 'Synnestvedt') Caprifoliaceae
Chicago Lustre Arrowwood Viburnum vi-BER-num den-TA-tum
- Deciduous shrub, upright rounded form, dense, 10-12 ft tall and 8-10 ft wide (3-3.6 m × 2.4-3m) in 10 years. Fall color only yellow with orange tints. Flowers have white petals, with yellow stamens projecting beyond the petals, giving a creamy white appearance, in early summer. Fruit small metallic blue-black in clusters, in early fall.
- Sun or partial shade, adapts to many soil types.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 3 Selected from the collection at Morton Arboretum by Ralph Synnestvedt Sr. of Synnestvedt Nursery, Round Lake, Illinois; introduced in 1990 by Chicagoland Grows®, Inc.