page_title: Viburnum opulus
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Viburnum opulus / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: Snowball flowers
context_page_description: Viburnum opulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae native to Europe, northern Africa and central Asia.
context_section_description: Viburnum opulus is grown as an ornamental plant for its flowers and berries, growing best on moist, moderately alkaline soils, though tolerating most soil types well. Several cultivars have been selected, including 'Roseum' (synonym 'Sterile', 'Snowball'), in which all the flowers are only of the larger sterile type, with globular flower heads. There is some confusion, as there are a few other plants, including other members of the genus Viburnum, also referred to as "snowball bush".
  The shrub is also cultivated as a component of hedgerows, cover plantings, and as part of other naturalistic plantings in its native regions.
  It is naturalised in North America, where it is called "European cranberrybush" (although it is not a cranberry).
  The cultivars 'Notcutt’s Variety', 'Roseum' and 'Xanthocarpum' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
caption: 'Roseum', syn. 'Snowball'
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