Snowball Viburnum vs Black Hawthorn - TreeTime.ca

Snowball Viburnum vs Black Hawthorn

Viburnum opulus roseum

Crataegus douglasii

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Snowball Viburnum
Black Hawthorn

Snowball Viburnum is a popular ornamental shrub with prolific flowering. This plant is prized for its round clusters of white flowers that resemble snowballs, delighting children and adults. In fall, its leaves turn vibrant shades of red.

Snowball Viburnum is sought after as a single accent shrub, but can also make a dense hedge or privacy screen.

Black Hawthorn is a versatile plant that is native to wetlands and other areas with moist soils, but can also tolerate dry soils. This plant can be grown as a short shrub, or a tree reaching 30 feet tall.

Black Hawthorn is valued for erosion control and attracting pollinators. It also makes an attractive flowering ornamental that can be planted as a specimen or pruned as a hedge. It is commonly used in shelterbelts.

Snowball Viburnum Quick Facts

Black Hawthorn Quick Facts

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Zone: 3b
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Foliage: contains thorns
Fall colour: purplish-red
Fall colour: yellow to red
Bark: gold to gray
Bark: brown to gray
Flowers: white
Flowers: white
Berries: purplish-black pomes
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, ON
Other Names: european cranberrybush, guelder rose, snowball bush, snowball tree
Other Names: crataegus columbiana, douglas hawthorn, douglas' thornapple