Viburnum 'Emerald Triumph'

I've given this plant a neutral rating because I am still waiting/hoping for it to perform. This is the 3rd summer since I planted it. ...Read MoreI was hoping for it to reach 8 to 10 feet, as the tag suggested when I purchased it. It has barely grown over the original 4 feet. I pruned it hard at the base which has forced nearly a foot of growth so it is now maybe almost 5 feet tall. My ninebark and mockorange are outperforming this plant by a long shot!

A warning - the flowers smell Disgusting!! And virtually zero fruit. I am wondering if that is because many pollinators are not 'awake' when the plant is in bloom. I am in Montana so the weather can be unpredictable and this is an early bloomer. I planted this shrub in hopes of attracting birds because of its fruits. That has yet to be seen. I am going to give it another year or two. If it doesn't get better, I will probably replace it with a ninebark or possibly a blue elderberry.

I do like the 'Emerald Triumph' viburnum. It has a good branching structure that looks good when bare through the winter. It grows slow...Read Morely, and I like that because garden space is a problem for me. After 8 years, this viburnum has kept it's nicely rounded shape without needing much pruning. The only problem: it has never produced any berries, not one. I would like to know what I can do to help this great bush produce berries. Can anyone advise me on this?

'Emerald Triumph' viburnum is another outstanding introduction from Dr. Harold Pellet's industrious innovations at the Hardy Plant Center...Read More and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

A vigorous but compact shrub, 'Emerald Triumph' is V. x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany' x V. burejaeticum, and has the guts to tolerate severe upper midwestern conditions and the backbone to survive the vagaries of the Ohio River valley region. This plant flowers heavily on young plants; carries dark green clean lustrous foliage through the summer; offers 3-4 weeks of red fruit before maturing to black; and has very nice fall color of primarily red but some yellow and orange interior foliage color as well.

If one needed an individual specimen of uniform rounded habit, or a tallish hedge (+/- 8 feet; 2.4 meters) of tough constitution for areas north of the Ohio River, you might just investigate the availability of 'Emerald Triumph' viburnum.