Viburnum lentago Nannyberry or Sheepberry 2 to 8 Eastern United States Grown as a shrub or tree with a single trunk 15 to 18 feet in the landscape but up to 30 feet with a 6 to 10 foot spread. White to cream colored. Large, flat clusters of small flowers borne on flat-topped cymes 3 to 3.5 inches in diameter. Mid-May Opposite, simple, ovate to elliptic-obovate, 2 to 4” long, half as wide. Purplish red but not showy.     Fruits (drupes) go through a colorful change from green to yellowish to red to blue sometimes the 4 colors show simultaneously on the same cluster. Susceptible to powdery mildew in shaded areas.   'Pink Beauty' - Pink fruit.

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