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Brandywine Viburnum
Viburnum nudum 'Bulk'
Also called brandywine viburnum
Brandywine Viburnum blooms from April through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Brandywine Viburnum
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–9. 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 Brandywine Viburnum. 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 Brandywine Viburnum
Plant Brandywine Viburnum 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 7, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from April to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Brandywine Viburnum get?
5.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult5.5 ftwideSee Brandywine Viburnum 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 Brandywine Viburnum
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Brandywine Viburnum about 5.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Brandywine Viburnum 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
Brandywine Viburnum's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 13 published sources on October 12, 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.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finder, Viburnum nudum Bulk BRANDYWINEheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society, Viburnum nudum [Brandywine] (Bulk)height, spread, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery, Proven Winners ColorChoice introducerheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- Plant Addictsqueue store, Proven Winners ColorChoice branded plantheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- Proven WinnersBrandywineheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finder, Viburnum nudum Bulk, archived before February 2022height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolbox, Viburnum nudum specieswater, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- midway.k-state.eduDyck Arboretum of the Plains, Native Plant Guide 2025, hosted by Kansa...height, spread, sun and bloom months and color
- civicgardencenter.orgCivic Garden Center, Hauck Botanic Garden, Viburnum nudum Bulk cultiva...water and bloom months and color
- Internet Archive (archived page)Rein and Mark Bulk, originator, Internet Archive capture of February 1...height and bloom months and color
- cipwg.uconn.eduUniversity of Connecticut, Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Groupheight
- journals.ashs.orgAmerican Society for Horticultural Science, HortScience 55(8), Sun et...soil
- woodyplants.cals.cornell.eduCornell University Woody Plants Database, Viburnum nudum speciessoil
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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