Steady Eddy Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum 'Steady Eddy'
MBG Plant of Merit 2013
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 5 feet tall4 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Steady Eddy' Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum 'Steady Eddy') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, hedges, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast into a dense shrub about 47 to 59 inches tall and wide. Bees and butterflies visit it, and it tolerates drought once settled.
Pairs well with English Roseum rhododendron, Siebold's hosta, and Wood forget-me-not.