General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 - 10 feet
Plant Spread: 6 - 10 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Florets can be mostly white, or mixed with varying amounts of pale pink. Buds are a deeper pink.
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Fragrant Snowball
  • Koreanspice Viburnum

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Location: Wadsworth, Ohio
Date: 05/09/2022
Comments:
  • Posted by arctangent (Ann Arbor, Michigan - Zone 6a) on Apr 3, 2023 6:15 AM concerning plant:
    Provenance confusion: According to various online sources, including the North Carolina State University Extension Gardener website, this viburnum is a hybrid cross between V. carlesii and V. carlcephalum. The latter is itself a hybrid between V. carlesii and V. macrocephalum. I have seen nursery tags on plants of Viburnum 'Cayuga', that represent it as a V. carlesii cultivar. I have seen other online sources that describe it as a V. Carlcephalum cultivar.

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