Guelder rose
Viburnum opulus
- Size
- 4 m tall, 3 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- May to June
- Food and shelter for wildlife
- Native here
- Light screening
- A wet spot or a rain garden
- Autumn colour
- Good for pollinators
- Native
- Worth looking at in more than one season
Safety
- Eaten, it may upset a stomach.
- A dog that chews it may get an upset stomach.
- A cat that chews it may get an upset stomach.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Shrubs
- Family
- Adoxaceae
- Size when mature
- 4 m tall, 3 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Moisture
- Moist, medium
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- May to June
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Fast
- In Europe
- Native
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Can upset a stomach · Dogs: Can upset a stomach · Cats: Can upset a stomach
- Worth knowing
- Drops fruit, which makes a mess over paving
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Lists it is on
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
