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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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DeciduousMost have attractive autumn colour
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Evergreen
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Semi-evergreenKeeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Full sun -
Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowGrown for foliage, flowers and fruits
Pests & DiseasesAphids, viburnum beetles, honey fungus, leaf spot
Place of originNorthern temperate regions, south-eastern Asia, South America -
Scented PlantsScented flowersOn some varieties
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
Buy Varieties of VIBURNUM
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
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x bodnantense 'Dawn'
fragrant pink flowers on bare stems
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x burkwoodii
white fragrant flowers
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x burkwoodii 'Anne Russell'
flowers white, rose-pink in bud, very fragrant
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x burkwoodii 'Mohawk'
heavily scented white flowers opening from red buds
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x carlcephalum
large scented snowball flowers
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM carlesii
buds pink, opening white, very scented
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM carlesii 'Aurora'
reddish in bud, white flowers tinted pink
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM cinnamomifolium
handsome shrub with glossy leathery leaves and corymbs of white flowers in June followed by black egg-shaped fruits
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM cylindricum
(syn. V. coriaeceum) - Evergreen with small white flowers
VIBURNUM davidii
white flowers. Metallic blue berries SEPT onwards. Plants supplied not sexed
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM dentatum 'Blue Muffin'
naturally rounding shrub with clusters of white flowers followed by blue berries
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM 'Eskimo'
semi-evergreen shrub with a dense habit and glossy green leaves. White flowers open from creamy buds tinged with pink
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM fragrans
(Syn. farreri) - pale pink scented flowers on bare stems
Gift-wrapping available
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VIBURNUM x hillieri 'Winton'
narrow oval copper tinted leaves, suffused bronze-red in winter. Creamy-white panicles of flowers and black fruits
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM x juddii
sweetly scented light pink flowerheads
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM odoratissimum
striking leathery leaves, fragrant white flowers, red fruit
VIBURNUM odoratissimum 'Coppertop'
glossy evergreen with bronze new shoots. White fragrant flowers and compact habit
VIBURNUM odoratissimum 'Emerald Lustre'
lustrous green leaves with new shoots tinged pink
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM opulus
bright red berries and good autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM opulus 'Compactum'
compact habit, lacecap flowers free fruiting with red berries SEPT onwards
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM opulus 'Roseum'
('Sterile') - white sterile flowers sometimes turning pink on this Snowball tree
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Grandiflorum'
large white showy flowers in late spring fading to pink
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Kilimanjaro'
tiered habit, white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'
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
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Lanarth'
an excellent form, upright in habit but with horizontal branching. Should be grown where it can be viewed from above. White lacecap flowers
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Mariesii'
tiered branching effect with white flowers and striking yellow autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Pink Beauty'
pink lacecap flowers. Prefers shade
Gift-wrapping available
VIBURNUM plicatum 'Watanabe'
small white lacecap flowers borne freely and continuously
Gift-wrapping available
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