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Common Name: Rusty Blackhaw
Botanical name: Viburnum rufidulum.
Type: Tree
Light Requirement: Sun/part sun
Water Requirement: Low
Height: 18 ft sometimes taller
Width/Spacing: 35 ft
Flower Color: White
Blooming Period: March & April
Plant Form or Habit: Small tree
Foliage Color and Texture: lustrous
bright green
Butterfly or bird attracter:
Deer Resistant: unknown
Plant Use: Texas native, reliable fall
color, showy or fragrant flower,
attaractive seeds or fruit, seeds or fruit eaten by wildlife.
Rusty Blackhaw grows from east to central Texas along
streams or woodland edges. Although it is generally an
understory tree, it is most attractive in the open in full sun. It
has lustrous bright green glossy leaves, beautiful clusters of
white flowers in spring, and attractive blue fruit in fall. The
leaves turn pink to mauve to dark purple in autumn. Rusty
Blackhaw can grow on almost any soil as long as it is fairly
well drained. In shaded, moist areas, it usually occurs as a
single tree, although there may be two or three in an area. In
areas with less rainfall, however, it occurs on exposed
calcareous hillsides in drifts and groves of sometimes up to 100 plants.
Excellent specimen tree with few problems, Showy flowers, needs good drainage, slow grower.
Source of data: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/viburnumrufidulum.htm
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIRU
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