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Viburnum farreri
Also called Farrer's Viburnum, Fragrant Viburnum
Viburnum farreri is a deciduous shrub from northern China, grown for its sweetly scented white to pink-tinged flowers in late autumn and early spring and its red-purple autumn leaf colour. Grow it in moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade.
Viburnum farreri (syn. V. fragrans) is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to northern China. Growing to 3 m (10 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad, it is an erect deciduous shrub with sweetly perfumed, pink-tinged white blooms in late autumn and early spring. Its dark green leaves are bronze when young, turning brilliant shades of red-purple in autumn. V. farreri grows in moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade.
The Latin specific epithet farreri commemorates the English plant collector Reginald Farrer.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum farreri 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.
