General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
Tree
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 7b
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| Plant Height: |
15 to 20 feet, to 30 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
10 to 15 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Fruit: |
Showy
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| Fruiting Time: |
Late summer or early fall
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Miscellaneous: |
Monoecious
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Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Aug 9, 2018 2:06 PM concerning plant:
I've only seen a few of this species from Japan. I saw one about 6 feet tall in the foundation of an apartment building in Wheaton, Illinois in the 1970's, where it was kept lower by maintenance. I broke and crushed a stem and crushed a leaf, and it did have the most powerful fetid stinky odour I've ever experienced, even more than Tree-of-Heaven. That stinky odour is found in a number of other viburnum species, but not nearly so powerful. I've posted a few photos of a huge specimen in southeast PA that is at least 20 feet tall. A few large, diverse conventional nurseries sell some, but it is rare from the Midwest to the Atlantic Coast. A few landscape architects might plant a few on campuses or public parks. I'm not really at all fond of this Japanese plant. I would be afraid of it escaping cultivation from some birds eating the berries, which are rather nice going from green to yellow to pink to black.
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