Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus
ShrubSecondary
A shade-tolerant evergreen that flowers through winter, feeding pollinators in the lean months — reliable for hedging and understory structure. Berries are mildly toxic in quantity.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 5.5 – 8
- Min. temperature
- -10°C
- Min. rainfall
- 500 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Shade-tolerant evergreen hedge with valuable winter flowers for pollinators; clips well into dense screens.
Watch out for
Berries are mildly toxic if eaten in quantity; can develop powdery mildew in poor airflow.
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