Early bloomer...
Viburnum carlesii 4/2021 Koreanspice Viburnum- () Koreanspice Viburnum, Mature size: 8x5, White, USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Month 5a, In Garden Bed j2,10 for 6.8 YEARS (Lowes,). Planted in 2014.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Viburnum carlesii commonly called Koreanspice viburnum is a slow-growing, upright, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically matures to 4-5' tall but may reach a height of 8' in optimum growing conditions. Red buds open in late March/early April to pink-changing-to-white flowers which are arranged in snowball-like clusters (hemispherical cymes) to 3" across. Flowers are very fragrant. Flowers give way to non-showy, berry-like drupes which mature to blue-black in late summer. Broad ovate, serrate, dark green leaves (to 4" long) are infrequently flushed with copper. Foliage usually turns dull red in fall, but may sometimes display attractive shades of wine-red to burgundy.
Specific epithet honors William Richard Carles (c. 1867-1900) of the British consular service in China who collected plants in Korea.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2017, 18, 19, 21:
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