Viburnum
Location: new planting SW Corner of Lippincott Hall
Approximate blooming period: late April - early May
Koreanspice viburnum, Viburnum carlesii
Origin: Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4 & 5
Height and Form: 4-5(8) ft tall x 4-8 ft wide, Deciduous shrub, upright and spreading, multi-stemmed
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, simple, broad ovate, 3-10 cm long, 2-6.5 cm wide, rounded at base, dull green and stellate (star-shaped hairs) pubescent above, underside paler and pubescent
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: Flowers pink at first, then white, in hemispherical clusters about 6 cm wide, very fragrant at first. Fruit is blue-black, ellipsoid,
Cultivars/Varieties:
Leather-leaf arrow-wood, Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Origin: central and western China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Broadleaf evergreen shrub that can get to 15 ft or taller
Foliage and Bark: naked fuzzy buds that produce lush dark green colored, rough textured, long, simple leaves, on tomentose, light gray bark
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: showy, fragrant yellowish-white flowers that bloom in rounded clusters, fruit are red maturing to black oval drupes
Cultivars/Varieties:'Cree' - This form has smaller leaves than the species (to 6" long) and may be slightly more cold hardy. It flowers abundantly and may represent a slight improvement over the species.
'Roseum' - The only notable feature of this selection are the pink flower buds that open to flowers that are as per the species
