Description
V. plicatum f. tomentosum – V. tomentosum – Doublefile Viburnum – Japanese Snowball – This horizontally branched, deciduous shrub from China and Japan, grows 10-15’ feet tall and wide. It produces serrated edged pointed oval, mid green leaves, 2-4” long, softly hairy beneath, turning burgundy-red in autumn. In midspring, it produces, lacecap like cymes, to 4” across. Egg shaped red fruit, 3/8” long ripen to black.
‘Shasta’ – Is a low growing cultivars, reaching 6-7’ feet tall and 10-12’ feet wide and bears many large inflorescences, 4-6” across, of white flowers, in late spring and early summer, and has deep purple-red autumn foliage and dark red fruit
Grow in any moderately fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun or partial shade, most are drought tender. Where not hardy, shelter from cold drying winds. Most deciduous Viburnums tolerate hard pruning.
zones 4-8
