‘Erie’ Viburnum1

Abstract

Abstract Viburnum dilatatum Thunb., the linden viburnum, is the most widely cultivated red-fruited viburnum species. The plant is most frequently sold as a heterogeneous seedling population that often displays great variability in growth habit, flowering, fruiting, and autumn foliage coloration. By planting superior vegetatively propagated cultivars in close proximity to insure cross-pollination, the nurseryman and consumer are assured of superior landscape plants. The cultivars ‘Moraine’ (4), with compact growth and heavy berries, and ‘Improved’ (5), with abundant, large fruit have been introduced by nursermen. ‘Iroquois’, with abundant, large fruit in large inflorescences, and ‘Catskill’, with compact growth habit and abundant orange-red fruit, were introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum (1). V. dilatatum ‘Xanthocarpum’ Rehd., a form with yellow fruit, was described by A. Rehder (3). ‘Erie’ (National Arboretum No. 32226, Plant Introduction No. 347259), another noteworthy selection that extends the fruit color range to coral, is introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2).