Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry is a large, adaptable viburnum that can be grown as a tall shrub or small tree, with creamy flower clusters and sweet blue-black berries good for jelly. Tolerates shade, wet, and dry alike.
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–18 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~104 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WI, WV