New and Unread Tree-Mails
| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 4 - 5 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 7 - 8 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Semi-evergreen Other: Glossy, maroon tinge of leaves in winter |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Other: Red maturing to black |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall Other: Turns black in fall. |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on old wood |
| Flower Color: | White Other: Dark pink buds |
| Bloom Size: | 2"-3" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Other: Late April |
| Suitable Locations: | Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
| Awards and Recognitions: | Other: 1997 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plant Award |
| Parentage: | Park Farm Hybrid x Viburnum utile |
| Posted by Marilyn (Northern KY - Zone 6a) on Jun 22, 2015 12:41 AM Introduced by the United States National Arboretum in 1988. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 30, 2019 3:29 PM I've only seen one of this newer selections of Viburnums. My biggest customer, the plant enthusiast, has one in her backyard in southeast Pennsylvania. It is a cross between the Service Viburnum (V. utile), an evergreen straggly shrub from central China x the Burkwood Viburnum that is a cross of the Koreanspice Viburnum x the Service Viburnum. So, it is actually 3/4 Service Viburnum and 1/4 Koreanspice Viburnum. It has small (1.5 to 2.5 inches long) glossy, dark, evergreen leaves. The white flower clusters are only slightly fragrant. It is a very dense, compact shrub. The lone shrub in the yard has not fruited. Maybe with a similar species around it might, but being partly a hybrid maybe it just can't. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
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| Name that Virburnum by Chantell | May 11, 2017 4:48 PM | 33 |
| Confusion re cultivars and hybrids by Bonehead | Sep 20, 2016 9:31 AM | 11 |
| Yardening in the Mid-Atlantic by Eric4home | Jan 19, 2020 1:23 PM | 3,202 |
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