Life Cycle
Perennial
Water Requirement
Moderate
Light Requirement
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Max Height
3-10 Ft.
Price
$18.95

Walter's Viburnum is a dense shrub that makes a nice hedge. It is extremely easy to grow, being drought tolerant once established. It gets white flowers which butterflies will be drawn to and the berries attract birds. This plant looks similar to Ilex Schillings and can be trimmed as a topiary like them but Walter's Viburnum is a Florida native.

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How to care for Walters Viburnum

Light. Full sun to light shade.

Water. Water regularly while it establishes. Once settled it handles dry spells and occasional flooding.

Soil and feeding. It adapts to many soils but does best in moist, sandy soil with a humus-rich top layer.

Size. Usually 3–10 ft as a hedge. Unpruned, it can become a small tree 10–20 ft tall in South Florida.

Pruning. It takes shearing as a hedge or can be trained into a small tree. Remove root suckers yearly, or it forms a thicket.

Problems to watch. Aphids, scale, thrips, mites and whitefly occur but are rarely serious. Hose off aphids; treat scale with a horticultural oil such as Neem Oil Concentrate.

Good to know. A Florida native and larval host for the spring azure butterfly. Cardinals and other songbirds nest in it. It is not salt tolerant.