This erect shrub to small tree has slender trunks with light brown bark and spreading branching forming a dense rounded crown. It has dull green oblong leaves that turn reddish during autumn and clusters of white tube-shaped flowers appear in spring.

Hardiness zones 3 to 9

Viburnum prunifoliumis naturally found in eastern North America growing on rocky hillsides or in thickets and along stream banks.

It prefers moist well-drained, fertile loam but tolerates most soil types in an open to protected sunny position and is drought tender but frost tolerant.

Black Haw is a large shrub that is grown for its flowers and habit. It is planted in parks and medium size gardens as a screen or in shrub borders and as a lawn specimen. It establishes in 3 to 5 years and is suitable for cool coastal or inland gardens. ID 1714

Note:
The reddish-brown bark is smooth when young and forms small plates when mature. It has been used for medicinal purpures by the native Indians for venereal disease and currently employed by herbalists for the treatment of period pain.

Viburnum(vee-BUR-num) prunifolium(prun-ee-FOL-ee-um)

Verbenaceae (ver-be-NAY-see-ee)
Teaks, Verbenas