We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!

We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Cramp Bark

Viburnum opulus

Habit
Shrub
Ecological Role
Attracts pollinators
Availability
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Cramp bark is a deciduous shrub that can grow over 10 feet tall. It has showy white flower clusters and bright red-orange berries that birds love.  The bark is used medicinally to reduce smooth muscle tightness.  Tolerant of shade and most soil types, cramp bark is great for a hedgerow or woodland garden.

Here is a good reference on the differences between three common Viburnum species.