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Viburnum
Also called Snowball tree, Viburnums, Arrowwood
Viburnum is a large genus of about 150 to 175 shrubs and a few small trees, mostly deciduous in cool climates and evergreen in warm ones, grown for flowers, fragrance, berries and autumn colour. Growing needs vary by species, so check the species you have.
Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae.
The member species are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or (in a few cases) small trees native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with a few species extending into tropical montane regions in South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains.
Many species of viburnum have become popular as garden or landscape plants because of their showy flowers and berries, fragrance, and good autumn colour of some forms. Some popular species, hybrids, and cultivars include:
The hybrid Viburnum × bodnantense (V. farreri × V. grandiflorum) is particularly popular for its strongly scented pink flowers on the leafless deciduous shoots in mid- to late winter.
Mapleleaf viburnum · Viburnum awabuki · Birchleaf Viburnum · Viburnum ×bodnantense · Burkwood viburnum · Viburnum ×carlcephalum · Korean spice viburnum · Viburnum cinnamomifolium · David Viburnum · Squashberry · Viburnum erubescens · Culver's root
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
