General Plant Information (Edit)
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)
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 Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
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: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2022-04-21
Japanese Snowball Bush - Mary Milton 001 Panorama

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