Snowball Viburnum vs White Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Snowball Viburnum vs White Meadowsweet

Viburnum opulus roseum

Spiraea alba

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Snowball Viburnum
White Meadowsweet

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.

White Meadowsweet is a woody, deciduous shrub that begins to bloom in early summer with small white and pink flowers. Its foliage turns from a light green into an attractive golden-yellow later in the fall.

The White Meadowsweet, also known as Mead-Wort or Bride-Wort, is favored by birds and butterflies but is largely ignored by deer. They produce small brown berries in the summer, and while they are technically edible, they are not sweet and are more desired by wildlife.

Snowball Viburnum Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: purplish-red
Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: white
Flowers: white, small
Bark: gold to gray
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: high




Other Names: european cranberrybush, guelder rose, snowball bush, snowball tree
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem