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VIBURNUM
Versatile and generally easy shrubs with plenty to appreciate. Form, foliage, clusters of flowers (some heavily scented), for insects and berries for birds.
Genus of 200 or more species of evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous shrubs mainly from northern temperate regions but also southeastern Asia and South America.
UK natives are the wayfaring tree, V. lantana, named as it was often planted along trackways, and the guelder rose ( relates to the Dutch province of Gelderland), V. opulus.
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Deciduous - most have attractive autumn colour
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Evergreen
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Semi-evergreen - Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
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Medium shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Full sun -
Partial shade -
Harmful if eaten - These will give you an upset tummy, so please don't eat any of these. -
Additional Features - Good to know - - grown for foliage, flowers and fruits -
Pests & Diseases - aphids, viburnum beetles, honey fungus, leaf spot -
Place of origin - northern temperate regions, south-eastern Asia, South America -
Scented Plants - Scented flowers - - on some varieties
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
Buy Varieties of VIBURNUM
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VIBURNUM betulifolium >
Corymbs of white flowers and masses of redcurrant-like fruits in autumn on more mature plants. One of the finest fruiting shrubs which the birds seem to leave alone right through winter
VIBURNUM x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' >
Pinkish in bud opening to white. Large flower clusters before the leaves appear
VIBURNUM carlesii >
Commonly known as: Korean spice viburnum.
Buds pink, opening white, very scented
VIBURNUM carlesii 'Aurora' >
Commonly known as: Korean spice viburnum.
Reddish in bud, white flowers tinted pink
VIBURNUM cinnamomifolium >
Handsome shrub with glossy leathery leaves and corymbs of white flowers in June followed by black egg-shaped fruits
VIBURNUM dentatum 'Blue Muffin' >
Commonly known as: Southern arrow-wood.
Naturally rounding shrub with clusters of white flowers followed by blue berries
VIBURNUM 'Eskimo' >
Semi-evergreen shrub with a dense habit and glossy green leaves. White flowers open from creamy buds tinged with pink
VIBURNUM x hillieri 'Winton' >
Narrow oval copper tinted leaves, suffused bronze-red in winter. Creamy-white panicles of flowers and black fruits
VIBURNUM opulus >
Commonly known as: Crampbark, Guelder rose, Water elder.
bright red berries and good autumn colour
VIBURNUM opulus 'Compactum' >
Commonly known as: Crampbark, Guelder rose, Water elder.
Compact habit, lacecap flowers free fruiting with red berries SEPT onwards
VIBURNUM opulus 'Roseum' >
Commonly known as: Crampbark, Guelder rose, Water elder.
('Sterile') - white sterile flowers sometimes turning pink on this Snowball tree
VIBURNUM opulus 'Xanthocarpum' >
Commonly known as: Yellow-fruited guelder rose.
Bright yellow fruit
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Grandiflorum' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
Large white showy flowers in late spring fading to pink
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2015 & RHS Plant of the Decade 2020 - People's Choice!!Pyramidal habit which makes it suitable for containers or hedging. Flowers have a hint of pink but open white. Attractive red fruits in Autumn
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Lanarth' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
An excellent form, upright in habit but with horizontal branching. Should be grown where it can be viewed from above. White lacecap flowers
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Mariesii' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
Tiered branching effect with white flowers and striking yellow autumn colour
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Pink Beauty' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
Pink lacecap flowers. Prefers shade
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Watanabe' >
Commonly known as: Japanese snowball.
Small white lacecap flowers borne freely and continuously
VIBURNUM 'Pragense' >
Wrinkled wavy-margined glossy dark green leaves and tubular white flowers opening from pink buds
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