European Cranberrybush Viburnum         vi-BER-num OP-u-lus

• Deciduous shrub, 8-12 ft (2.1-3.5 m), upright, spreading, arching branches.  Leaves opposite, 5-10 cm long, as wide or wider, with pointed lobes, a few disk-like glands on grooved petiole.   May develop yellow-red or reddish-purple colors in fall.  Flowers white, in 5-5.5 cm flat-topped clusters (cymes), those in the outer ring are 2 cm across, showy, and sterile; the inner ones are fertile, inconspicuous, with yellow anthers.  Fruit is 6 mm diam, bright red in fall, persists into winter as red "raisins".
• Sun to part shade. One of the easiest viburnums to grow, adaptable to extremes of soil and pH.  Fruits best in full sun.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 3      Native to Europe, including Britain, northern Africa and northern Asia.
• opulus
: a reference to its name "Opulus of Dioscorides" given by Jean Ruel (1474-1537), French botanist.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: west side of Gilbert Hall.