Red Balloon Viburnum – 3 Gallon Pot

Prized for its abundant flowers, berries and attractive foliage, Red Balloon is a semi-deciduous hybrid Lantanaphyllum Viburnum reaching 6 to 8 feet tall and equally as wide. The distinguished, handsome thick and leathery leaves emerge copper-bronze in spring turning to a rich forest-green by summer and deep purple-maroon in mid to late fall well into winter. In spring, it features abundant dome-shaped clusters of slightly scented pretty white flowers up to 5 inches across. In summer, equally abundant showy rounded clusters of brilliant red berries are displayed, hence ‘balloon’ in the name. Berry production is good without a pollinator, though using ‘Mohican’ and/or ‘Alleghany’ as a companion pollinator will enhance berry production. Red Balloon forms an arching rounded shrub 6 to 8 feet tall and equally as wide, which makes for an attractive specimen in sunny or shady smaller garden spaces or groupings or a hedge where space allows. A fine choice for attracting butterflies and birds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer and we’ve seen no problems with insects or disease.

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