Name: John Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) You can't have too many viburnums..
Looks like it boils down to hairiness on the undersides of the leaves/petioles. Abelia should be less hairy; Kolkwitzia (syn. Linnaea) amabilis is more so.
Who wants to sponsor a new mission for zuzu to salvage one of those limbs previously - and successfully - risked?