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Viburnum carlesii
Also called Arrowwood, Koreanspice Viburnum
Korean spice viburnum is a bushy deciduous shrub, about 2 m tall and wide, grown for its strongly scented pale pink flowers in late spring and its red fruit that turns black in autumn. It does best in fertile, well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
Viburnum carlesii, the arrowwood or Korean spice viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to Korea and Japan (Tsushima Island) and naturalised in Ohio, US. Growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall and broad, it is a bushy deciduous shrub with oval leaves which are copper-coloured when young. Round clusters of red buds open to strongly scented, pale pink flowers in late spring. These are followed in late summer by oval red fruits ripening to black in autumn.
The Latin specific epithet carlesii refers to William Richard Carles (1848–1929), a British plant collector in Korea.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum carlesii 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
