Snowball Viburnum Bare Root Plants – Set of 2, 1-2 Ft Tall, White Blooms, Outdoor Shrub

Overview

Transform your outdoor space with this exquisite snowball viburnum bare root plant set. Known for their spectacular, globe-shaped white flowers, Snowball Viburnums (Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’) are a beloved choice for gardeners seeking a dramatic and reliable deciduous shrub. This offering includes a set of 2 Snowball Viburnum bare root plants, each measuring 1-2 feet tall, ensuring a strong start for healthy growth. These plants are shipped in their dormant state, making them ideal for planting and establishing robust root systems before the growing season. The ‘Roseum’ cultivar is particularly prized for its sterile flowers that emerge green, mature to brilliant white, and often develop a pinkish hue as they fade, resembling large snowballs. This makes them a captivating addition to any garden, providing visual interest from spring through early summer.

The Snowball Viburnum is a vigorous and adaptable shrub, perfect for creating impactful landscape designs. Its dense foliage and abundant blooms make it an excellent choice for privacy screens, border plantings, or as a standalone specimen. Enjoy the timeless beauty and easy care of these magnificent flowering shrubs, which will bring years of enjoyment to your garden.

Key Benefits

Investing in snowball viburnum plants brings a wealth of advantages to your garden and landscape:

• Spectacular Blooms: These shrubs produce an abundance of large, showy white flowers in dense, rounded clusters that truly resemble snowballs, creating a stunning visual display in spring and early summer.
• Outstanding Landscape Versatility: The robust nature and attractive form of the Snowball Viburnum make it suitable for various garden applications, including hedges, borders, privacy screens, or as an eye-catching specimen plant.
• Hardy and Resilient: As hardy flowering shrubs, they are well-adapted to a range of climates, thriving in USDA Zones 5-8, and are known for their resilience against common pests and diseases, requiring minimal intervention.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, snowball viburnum bare root plants are relatively low maintenance, needing only occasional pruning to maintain shape and encourage vigorous flowering.
• Seasonal Interest: Beyond their incredible blooms, the attractive green foliage provides a lush backdrop throughout the growing season, contributing to year-round garden appeal.
• Attracts Pollinators: While the ‘Roseum’ cultivar’s flowers are sterile, they still attract admiring glances and provide a beautiful habitat for garden visitors.
• Excellent for Cut Flowers: The large, beautiful flower clusters are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors, adding a touch of garden elegance to your home arrangements.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your snowball viburnum plant is straightforward, ensuring years of beautiful blooms. These hardy flowering shrubs perform best when planted in a location that receives full sun to partial shade. Full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily) will encourage the most abundant flowering, while partial shade can be beneficial in hotter climates to prevent leaf scorch. When planting your snowball viburnum bare root, ensure the soil is well-drained. While adaptable, they prefer moist, fertile, and slightly acidic to neutral soil. Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter like compost to improve drainage and aeration. Dig a hole twice as wide as the root spread and just deep enough so the crown (where roots meet stem) is level with the soil surface.

Water newly planted viburnums regularly to keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, especially during dry spells in their first year. Once established, they are moderately drought-tolerant but will benefit from supplemental watering during prolonged dry periods. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer formulated for flowering shrubs. Prune your Snowball Viburnum after it finishes flowering to maintain its shape, control size, and remove any dead or damaged branches. Avoid heavy pruning in late winter or early spring, as this can remove flower buds that formed on old wood. Watch for common pests like aphids or viburnum leaf beetle, treating them with appropriate organic or chemical controls if necessary. Proper viburnum care ensures a healthy, floriferous shrub.

Size & Details

This offering includes a set of 2 Snowball Viburnum bare root plants, each measuring approximately 1-2 feet tall upon arrival. These young shrubs are shipped without soil, allowing for easy handling and optimal root establishment in your garden. When mature, a snowball viburnum plant typically reaches a substantial size, growing between 6-10 feet tall and equally wide, forming a dense, rounded shrub. The growth rate is considered moderate, meaning it will establish and fill out your garden space within a few years. Expect these plants to produce their characteristic showy white blooms from late spring to early summer, with the potential for some reblooming in cooler climates. These plants are hardy in USDA Zones 5-8, making them suitable for a wide range of temperate climates across the United States. They are deciduous, meaning they will lose their leaves in the fall and enter dormancy over winter, emerging with fresh foliage and blooms the following spring.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big will these Snowball Viburnum plants get? A: A mature snowball viburnum plant typically grows 6-10 feet tall and 6-10 feet wide, forming a large, rounded shrub. The plants you receive are 1-2 feet tall bare roots, ready to establish and grow.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The snowball viburnum bare root is an outdoor plant, a hardy deciduous shrub designed to thrive in garden landscapes, hedges, and borders. It is not suitable for indoor cultivation.
• Q: How much sunlight does a Snowball Viburnum need? A: For the best flowering performance, these hardy flowering shrubs prefer full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily). They can also tolerate partial shade, especially in hotter regions.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, with proper viburnum care, these shrubs are considered relatively easy to grow and maintain once established. They are tolerant of various conditions and resistant to many common issues.
• Q: What condition will the bare root plants arrive in? A: Your set of 2 Snowball Viburnum bare root plants will arrive dormant, without soil, carefully packaged to ensure their root systems are healthy and ready for immediate planting upon arrival.
• Q: When is the best time to plant Snowball Viburnum bare roots? A: The ideal time to plant bare root viburnums is in early spring, after the last hard frost, or in the fall before the ground freezes. This allows them to establish their root systems before extreme temperatures.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: These white flowering shrubs are hardy in USDA Zones 5-8. If your area falls within these zones, your Snowball Viburnum should easily survive winter and return vigorously each spring.
• Q: What kind of soil does Snowball Viburnum prefer? A: Snowball Viburnums thrive in moist, well-drained soil. They can tolerate a range of soil types but prefer fertile, loamy soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH.
• Q: When can I expect blooms from my Snowball Viburnum? A: After planting, your snowball viburnum plant may take one to two seasons to establish fully and produce its characteristic large, white blooms, typically appearing in late spring to early summer.
• Q: Are Snowball Viburnum flowers fragrant? A: While visually stunning, the flowers of the Snowball Viburnum ‘Roseum’ cultivar are generally not noted for their fragrance, focusing more on their impressive size and visual impact.