New and Unread Tree-Mails
| 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) 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: | 6-10 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 6-10 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Other: a drupe going from red to black |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on old wood |
| Flower Color: | White Other: pink opening to white snowballs |
| Bloom Size: | 5"-6" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Suitable Locations: | Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
| Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 30, 2019 2:26 PM This Carlcephalum Viburnum is a hybrid between the very commonly planted Koreanspice Viburnum (V. carlesi) x the uncommon Chinese Snowball Viburnum (V. macrocephalum var keteleeri) that was done in 1932 in England at the Burkwood & Skipwith Nursery and introduced to the US about 1957. It is larger growing than the Koreanspice, usually about 8 to 10 or more feet high, with larger leaves (4 to 5 inches long) and larger round flower clusters 5 to 6 inches in diameter that are also very fragrant. The Chinese Snowball is not fragrant. I've only seen a few of this hybrid species in the Chicago, Illinois area in a well-to-do neighbourhood and in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area at a business park campus. [ Reply to this comment | |
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| I'd like to know aobut this bush please by Frillylily | May 21, 2016 8:10 PM | 0 |
| What is the proper name for this Snowball Bush or Snowball Tree... by Seedfork | Apr 5, 2014 9:23 AM | 16 |
| Which Snowball Bush is this...?; Viburnum opulus 'Roseum' by Paul2032 | Dec 25, 2012 3:15 PM | 14 |
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