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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 7-12 feet
Plant Spread: 10-15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Red maturing to black
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Flowers are sterile and will not produce fruit.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Roots easily from semi-hardwood cuttings under mist in 2-4 weeks.
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Doublefile Viburnum
  • Japanese Snowball Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viburnum plicatum
  • Synonym: Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum
  • Synonym: Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum

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Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2012-05-08
Location:  in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-12
possibly the largest in USA
Location: in my garden in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-12
Location: in my garden in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Jun 4, 2011
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Arboretum Belmonte (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-03-25
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-07-14
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-05-02
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jul 18, 2012
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Jun 2, 2012
Location: Black Creek Greenhouse in East Earl PA
Date: 2017-04-08
New leaves & emerging buds
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Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 17, 2011
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