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Viburnum

Viburnum suspensum

Also called Sandankwa Viburnum

Viburnum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Sandankwa viburnum is a compact, evergreen-leaved shrub from the Nansei islands of Japan, grown for its dense foliage, spring flowers and red autumn berries. It is a shrub rather than a houseplant and does best in a mild, frost-free climate with good drainage.

Family
Viburnaceae (Viburn family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Nansei-shotō
Climate
subtropical

About

Viburnum suspensum, commonly called Sandankwa viburnum, is a compact, perennial shrub, native to Japan. It grows up to 3.7 m in height.

The coarse leaves are dark green and densely cover the shrub. They are oval with serrated edges about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) long and 2 inches (5 cm) wide and are held oppositely on rough textured, dark brown stems.

Other Viburnum plants

Mapleleaf viburnum · Viburnum arboreum · Mexican arrowwood · Viburnum awabuki · Birchleaf Viburnum · Viburnum ×bodnantense · Bracted arrowwood · Manchurian Viburnum · Burkwood viburnum · Viburnum ×carlcephalum · Korean spice viburnum · Carolina Arrowwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum suspensum 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.

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