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)
Plant Height: 7 feet
Plant Spread: 8 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Red maturing to black
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: dark-red buds open to white snowballs
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Burkwood Viburnum

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Date: 2023-04-01

Date: 2022-04-03
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Florissant, MO
Date: November 2011
Gloriously Fragrant!
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2012-04-03
Location: my garden zone 7a NC
Date: 2012-03-21

Date: 2011-04-01
Fabulous scent

Date: 2011-04-04
Very fragrant with a beautiful flower, white infused with pink. W
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-05-09
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-18
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Catmint20906 On April 18, 2015 Bloomed
Chantell On May 29, 2021 Obtained plant
Loved this plant so much at my townhouse - purchased one from Quackin Grass Nursery for the new house. Planted left border of back yard (middle)
Chantell On May 17, 2008 Obtained plant
In ground 2/3s up left side of front yard - at townhouse
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