SCIENTIFIC NAME: Viburnum dentatum

COMMON NAME: arrow-wood viburnum

FLOWERS: White flowers in May on a flat-headed cyme.

(Photo from Benny Simpson, TAES-Dallas.)

LEAVES: Opposite and simple with dentate margins (teeth point out) and appressed venation. Leaves feel paper thin and have forked veins. Every vein ends in a tooth.

(Photo from Benny Simpson, TAES-Dallas.)

GROWTH HABIT: Grows 8' to 15' tall as a multi-stemmed shrub with arching branches.

OTHER: Hardy from zone 2 to 8. Native to low, moist sites. Will grow on acid or alkaline soils that are well drained. Sun or part shade is okay, but does best in part shade. Good in hedges, groupings, masses or a shrub border. A very good plant that can withstand many adverse conditions.

(Photo from Benny Simpson, TAES-Dallas.)