Viburnum, Southern Arrowwood, Roughish Arrowwood 'Blue Muffin'

I have not grown it myself, but I saw a specimen in downtown Hinsdale, Illinois in August 2012 that was about 5 feet high with rounded ha...Read Morebit and the fruit had a definite blue color in the normally more black-purple fruit of most of this Arrowwood. It really looked good.

Second year for the shrub. Planted in partial to bright shade area with average to dry conditions. About 10 feet from a small red maple...Read More. It's "OK." Not as dense as I had hoped and the blooms last about 15 minutes. Oh, and the ants/aphids love the blooms. I'm not endeared by the blue berries. If it doesn't WOW me this year and maybe next ... it's outa here!

I moved Blue Muffin to my North side of house (gets a few hours of western late day sun) after it grew too large for original spot. It h...Read Moreas done well there, and the blue berries look wonderful paired with large hosta plantaginea flowers in late summer/early fall. Looking to plant a better pollinator to increase berries.

3 'Blue Muffins' have been in four years with plenty of sun. Plants are leggy, bloom extremely short lived, and berries virtually non-ex...Read Moreistent.
They will be taken out this spring.

Planted 2 last August in area that gets sun most of the day, in fairly heavy clay soil. Well drained to dry area. When I first planted t...Read Morehem, even though watered regularly, the leaves drooped consistently. I was concerned they would not make it through the winter. Both have come back beautifully this Spring. Profuse blooms. Fruit is blueberry blue. Nice contrast with the deep green, ribbed foliage. All in all, very nice shrub.

Blue Muffin® arrowwood arrived to great fanfare in the ornamental shrub world, based mainly on a catchy trademark name and claims of com...Read Morepactness or dwarf character. It still has the catchy name, but the rest of the story is that (at least here in KY) it is not compact or dwarf and seems to be behaving like most other arrowwoods.

I believe it will be a good pollinating partner for other more ornamentally significant arrowwoods blooming at the same time.