Walter's Viburnum

Walter's Viburnum is a shrub or small tree native to the southeast US that is densely twiggy and upright ascending. It is evergreen to semi-evergreen with a wild and splaying habit. Its native habitat is the coastal plains in hammocks, thickets, and swamp margins. This plant is slightly salt tolerant. Even though its native range is zones 8-9, it will grow in zones 6-10. Also known as Small Viburnum, because of the small leaves that add varying amounts of purple color in fall and remain semi-evergreen to evergreen in warm winter climates. Tiny, white, 5-petaled flowers in dome-shaped clusters bloom in early spring. Oval blue-black fruits follow and mature in fall.