Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'summer snowflake' (Summer Snowflake Viburnum)

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake' (Summer Snowflake Viburnum)



Pronunciation: vye-BUR-num plih-KAY-tum
Family: Adoxaceae
Plant type: Shrub
Origin: Garden
Zone: 4
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Mature size
  Height: 2-3 m
  Spread: 1.5 - 2 m
Habit: horizontal spreading 
Form: oval, horizontal, round 
Texture: medium 
Exposure - full to part sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - mixed shrub boarder, perennial boarder, screening, specimen plant
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple opposite 
Shape: elliptic, obovate, ovate
Size: 2-5 inches long 
Margin: serrate 
Characteristics: heavily veined, rugose (wrinkled), leathery 
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, cyme 
Colour: white
Size: 4 inch clusters of 1-2 cm flowers
Time: May - July
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Fruit type: Drupe
Colour: Red black
Time: August - October 
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Stem
Description: smooth
Colour: grey
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Propagation - cuttings keeps true to mother, seed is risky 
Comments - elegant shape 
Pests - scale insects, wilt 

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