| Description | Onondaga Viburnum (Viburnum sargentii) A medium to large Viburnum. Flowers are white with red center buds. The tinge of bronze in the leaves is another added feature. "A superior cultivar featuring both ornamental foliage and floral displays". (#214) |
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| Pronunciation | (vy-BER-num)(sar-JEN-te-i) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | flat-topped cymes (lace cap) center redbuds, white sterile florets surround redbuds |
| Leaves | simple, velvety fine texture, three-lobed maple-like, open red bronze than green holds on to the red-bronze tinge throughout the growing season, red-bronze mahogany in the fall |
| Dimensions | reaches 6 feet tall and wide, probably larger, upright rounded |
| Maintenance | prune as needed |
| Native Site | The species plant is native of E Siberia, North and West China, and Japan growing as a shrub near, woods, and by rivers. |
| Cultivar Origin | The cultivar "Onondaga" was introduced by Dr Donald Egolf of the National Arboretum in 1967. |
| Misc Facts | Species named by Koehne and introduced to Europe through Prof. Charles Sprague Sargent, a leading American dendrologist, in 1892. Onondaga is a Native American tribe. |
| Author's Notes | In the front of the Boerner Botanical Gardens new visitors center building, there is a planting of this plant. It has many seasons of interest. I check these plants out every time I visit the garden. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) ,#106-Viburnums (Michael Dirr), #214-Classic Viburnums (www.classicviburnums.com) |
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