Guelder Rose
It is classified in the subsection opulus which usually contains 5 species.
Guelder rose. The guelder rose is a small tree of woodland edges hedgerows grassland scrub fens and riversides and is frequently planted along roadsides or in gardens and parks. Name viburnum opulus family caprifoliaceae honeysuckle family type shrub. It can reach up to 4m high and can spread from 25m. Guelder rose is a flowering deciduous tree that goes by many names including highbush cranberry rose elder snowball tree and crampbark.
The guelder rose is a member of the viburnum genus which contains 160 170 species. Guelder rose is a very beautiful shrub particularly appreciated for its appealing spring blooming. Key guelder rose facts. Guelder rose is a spreading deciduous upright shrub.
Identified in winter by. Foliage deciduous flowering april to june. Green hairless buds which have a pair of scales. The three lobed leaves which have leaf stems with a channel running down the centre and a pair of round glands near the apex of the leaf.
It has greyish hairless stems. In fall it brings fresh color to an increasingly dull environment with its berries. Guelder rose is one of the many names of this shrub filling every garden and balcony with a wonderful flowerage. Clade containing sections sambucina lobata coriacea and succodontotinus.
Height 6 to 16 feet 2 to 5 meters exposure full sun or part sun soil ordinary well drained. The perennial plant is hardy and will thrive for many years if you create a few conditions for it which are explained in detail in this care.