Plant: Burkwood Viburnum
Viburnum · Viburnum x burkwoodii
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Burkwood viburnum is an open, multi stemmed hybrid shrub 8 to 10 feet tall and 5 to 9 feet wide. Pink buds open in cymes 2 to 3 inches across to intensely fragrant white flowers from mid March into April, ahead of most other viburnums. The glossy green leaves up to 4 inches long have hairy undersides and turn maroon to purple in fall, and red drupes about a third of an inch across blacken through summer. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sandy soil with good drainage, is mildly deer resistant and drought tolerant, and is used for foundation plantings, informal hedges and as a fragrant specimen near a walk or a door.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 9 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Burkwood viburnum is an open, multi stemmed hybrid shrub 8 to 10 feet tall and 5 to 9 feet wide. Pink buds open in cymes 2 to 3 inches across to intensely fragrant white flowers from mid March into April, ahead of most other viburnums. The glossy green leaves up to 4 inches long have hairy undersides and turn maroon to purple in fall, and red drupes about a third of an inch across blacken through summer. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sandy soil with good drainage, is mildly deer resistant and drought tolerant, and is used for foundation plantings, informal hedges and as a fragrant specimen near a walk or a door.
- Flowers
- Pink buds open to fragrant white blooms in cymes 2 to 3 inches across from mid March into April.
- Foliage
- Glossy green leaves up to 4 inches long with hairy undersides, turning maroon to purple in fall.
- Fruit
- Red drupes about a third of an inch across turn black in summer.
- Native range
- Garden hybrid of Asian parentage
