Viburnum 'Blue Muffin' is perfect for small gardens or any place you want a small shrub. It's only one-third the size of regular Viburnums, reaching a height of 3 to 5-feet tall and about as wide. Because of its small size, it's very useful as a foundation plant or low hedge, or to place in a mixed shrub and perennial border. The clusters of white flowers in the spring followed by the blue fruit in the fall make it a very attractive ornamental plant. Like its species parent, Viburnum dentatum, birds are very attracted to the fruit on this plant and will strip it clean during fall migrations. If any fruit are left in spring, they help early migrants during cold snaps in April. The multibranched shrub also provides good cover and nesting spots for many birds. It's very easy to grow in sun and part shade and in moist to drier soils. Self pollinating.
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