Viburnum 'Shasta'
Best low-maintenance shrub for gardeners seeking year-round wildlife and seasonal color.
The Viburnum 'Shasta' is a striking evergreen shrub that offers year-round appeal. It blooms with fragrant white flowers in late spring, attracting butterflies, and later produces abundant bright red berries that birds love. Its dark green foliage transforms into beautiful shades of purple and red in the fall. This fast-growing, low-maintenance shrub is ideal for borders, hedges, privacy screens, or as a standalone specimen, thriving in full sun to partial shade.
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Price vs Category Average
-11%
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Item Form
Bareroot
/ Bareroot
Who it's for
- Homeowners needing low-maintenance, climate-resilient foundation plants
- Gardeners seeking a dramatic, high-impact spring floral display
- Landscapers wanting structural, year-round visual interest
Who should skip it
- Urban gardeners with limited horizontal planting space
- Busy gardeners unable to monitor for leaf beetle infestations
- Impatient gardeners looking for rapid, immediate landscape maturity
Performance breakdown
Wildlife Attraction
Fragrant blooms and seasonal berries create a magnet for local pollinators.
Maintenance Ease
Fast-growing nature requires minimal intervention to maintain a healthy, upright shape.
Seasonal Versatility
Evergreen foliage and vibrant fall color provide interest throughout the year.
Landscape Utility
Adaptable growth habit works perfectly for privacy screens or garden borders.
Environmental Adaptability
Thrives across diverse soil types and varying light conditions with ease.
Establishment Speed
Rapid growth rate fills in empty garden spaces faster than average.
Key Specs
Item Form
Bareroot
Mature Height
6 Feet
Mature Width
12 Feet
Hardiness Zones
5 - 8
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil Types
Clay, Normal, loamy, Poor
Growth Rate
Fast
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer
Features
- Fragrant white blooms attract butterflies.
- Abundant red berries feed birds.
- Lustrous foliage turns vibrant fall colors.
- Provides year-round evergreen interest.
- Fast-growing and very low maintenance.
- Excellent for borders and hedges.
- Creates a natural habitat for wildlife.
- Upright growth habit.
What customers say
Customers consistently praise the exceptional quality of the Viburnum 'Shasta' upon delivery, noting the plants arrive healthy and well rooted. The primary theme is reliability; gardeners appreciate how quickly this shrub establishes itself and begins producing its signature tiered white blooms. Many highlight its vigorous growth habit and resistance to common pests, making it a low maintenance, high impact addition to the landscape. The overall consensus confirms this viburnum is a dependable performer that lives up to its reputation for stunning seasonal display.
Know before you buy
Since the 'Shasta' Viburnum reaches a mature width of 12 feet, you should space them at least 10 to 12 feet apart if you want them to touch eventually. For a denser, faster-forming privacy screen, you can space them slightly closer, but be prepared to prune them as they mature.
Yes, the 'Shasta' is quite adaptable and performs well in clay, loamy, and even poor soil conditions. Just ensure the planting site has decent drainage, as the shrub does not like to sit in standing water.
While it is classified as an evergreen, its foliage retention can depend on the severity of the winter in zones 5 and 6. In milder climates, it will hold its leaves year-round, but in the northern end of its hardiness range, it may lose some foliage during particularly harsh winters.
The 'Shasta' is considered a fast-growing shrub. While exact growth rates depend on your local climate and soil quality, you can expect it to reach its mature height of 6 feet and width of 12 feet relatively quickly once established.
While a single 'Shasta' will produce flowers and berries, planting more than one can often improve cross-pollination, leading to a more abundant display of fruit. This is beneficial if your primary goal is to attract and feed local bird populations.
This is a very low-maintenance shrub. Because it has a naturally upright growth habit, it rarely requires heavy pruning, though you can trim it lightly after it finishes blooming in the summer if you need to shape it or manage its size.
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