Viburnum carlesii

Common name: Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum carlesii

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Type:
Deciduous shrub
USDA hardiness zones:
4-7

This Koreanspice viburnum cultivar 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 ... more »

  • Full sun to part shade
  • Medium
  • Low

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prune immediately after flowering since flower buds form in summer for the following year.

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