Viburnum Lentago Petiole

Viburnum prunifolium leaves 1 5 to 3 5 inches.

Viburnum lentago petiole. Lentago with leaf blades acuminate at apex and petioles mostly 10 20 mm long. Bud color lead gray valvate in nature. The bark is reddish to grayish brown and broken into small scales. Attractive for its shiny foliage red fall color and fruit display. Leaves opposite simple ovate to obovate to 10 5 cm apex pointed acuminate base wedge shaped or rounded finely toothed glabrous and glossy dark green above fall color may range from green to purple red. Leaf blades obtuse to acute and petioles 5 12 mm long vs. Nannyberry viburnum has warty margined wide petioles with larger leaves that are serrated and become significantly infected with powdery mildew and yield average to poor mixed fall color while its growth habit is more upright vigorous and less twiggy and plump winter floral buds occur on elongated stalks with a long acuminate tip that resembles a duck s bill.

Petiole to 2 5 cm often slightly winged. Similar species and distinguishing characteristics. This is one of the larger viburnum spp. Petiole leaf stem margin not wavy. Leaf blades with irregular and usually rounded teeth sometimes portions of the blade lacking teeth altogether and array of flowers elevated on a stalk 5 50 mm long vs. Nannyberry viburnum lentago resembles blackhaw viburnum viburnum pruinoides except its leaves have more narrow tapering tips and its petioles are narrowly and irregularly winged. Leaves and buds bud arrangement opposite.

It is a large shrub or small tree growing upwards to 9 m 30 ft tall with a trunk up to 25 cm 10 in in diameter and a short trunk round topped head pendulous flexible branches.