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Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Bailey Compact'
Also called bailey's compact and bailey compact cranberrybush
Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush blooms from May through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–7. Expect it to reach about 5.5 ft tall and 5.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Plant Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 2 to 7, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms in May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush get?
5.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult5.5 ftwideSee Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush about 5.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on October 5, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Plant Addictsthe queue's store pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society, RHS Plants (Viburnum opulus var. american...height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Missouri Botanical GardenViburnum opulus var. americanum, SPECIES pagesun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- NC State ExtensionViburnum trilobum, SPECIES pagesun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- quackingrassnursery.comQuackin' Grass Nursery (Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Bailey's Comp...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- Utah State University ExtensionTrees of Varga Arboretumheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- shop.baileynurseries.comBailey Nurseries (the introducer; product page 0864)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Chicago Botanic GardenViburnum trilobum 'Bailey Compact'height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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