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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Lanarth'
Common Name: Japanese snowball 'Lanarth'Latin Name: Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Lanarth'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m-4m Special features: White sterile flowers surrounding small fertile flowers. Viburnum 'Lanarth' or more commonly known as the 'Japanese snowball' is one of the larger variety's of Viburnum available on this website with an eventual height of around 4m depending on its conditions. What makes this Viburnum particularly interesting is the branches are produced in tiered layers with, larger white sterile flowers surround small fertile flowers in late spring. It will also produce fruit which is toxic to humans which is something to take into consideration.
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Viburnum plicatum tom. Shasta
Viburnum
Common Name: Viburnum 'Shasta'Latin Name: Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Shasta'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May-June/ WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/3mSpecial features: Grows to have an attractive spreading habit with tiered shoots.The 'Shasta' is widely planted in the US for its attractive habit: the spreading branches are tiered when mature and the shrub grows to be twice as wide as it is high. It features large clusters of lacecap-like white flowers that appear in May-June. The serrated leaves are bright green in colour ad ovate in shape: they turn to a pretty plum purple colour in autumn. This is a great choice for planting in a bed or border and also works well as a specimen shrub due to its attractive formation.
Viburnum Purpureum
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum tinus 'Purpureum'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: December to April/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3.5m x 3.5mSpecial features: Very dark green leaves, purple tinted when young.Viburnum tinus 'Purpureum' has exceptionally dark green leaves, which are plum purple in their young spring growth. There are white flowers for months over winter, from broad, domed clusters of pinkish brown buds, which form an attractive feature in themselves, before flowering. It may come into flower in late, rather than early winter. In summer, the dense, dark quality of the foliage makes it exceptionally useful as a background shrub.
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Viburnum Summer Snowflake
Japanese Snowball Bush
Common Name: Japanese Snowball BushLatin Name: Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 3mSpecial features: Black fruits follow flowers.This attractive shrub is useful for its lengthy flowering season which starts in May or June and can continue for two or more months. In its early years it is a broadly oval shrub, but as it matures the branches develop into tiers, and, when these are covered with snowy domed shaped flower clusters, the effect is dramatic. The leaves are dark green, plump, elongated with a pointed tip, and somewhat leathery.
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Viburnum tinus
Quarter standard
Common Name: Viburnum TreeLatin Name: Viburnum tinusSoil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: December to April/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 3m (Can be pruned to retain shape)Special features: Dark blue-black fruit.This 3 year old Viburnum tree has been trained in to a lolly-pop shape which can be retained by light pruning 2-3 times a year. This lovely, long-flowering Viburnum is perfect for brightening partly shady areas when little else is in flower through the winter. Flattened heads of white flowers from December to April, followed by dark blue-black fruit. Reliable and easy-to-grow, the dark green foliage provides a dense backdrop.
Viburnum tinus
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum tinusSoil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: December to April/ WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 3mSpecial features: Dark blue-black fruit.Flattened heads of white flowers from December to April, followed by dark blue-black fruit. This lovely, long-flowering Viburnum is perfect for brightening partly shady areas when little else is in flower. Reliable and easy-to-grow, the dark green foliage provides a dense backdrop.
Viburnum tinus Spirit
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum tinus 'Spirit'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Fragrant white flowers from November to May. Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Bright berries, varying in colour from black, red or blue. Viburnum tinus Spirit is a very dynamic plant which has many features, one of the most interesting is the berry colour which can vary from black to red or blue. It produces white flowers from November to May and will produce a larger display of flowers when grown around other Viburnums of a similar variety. This Viburnum will grow best in a well-drained soil that gets lots of sunlight and will grow well in most soil types.
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Viburnum Watanabe
Japanese Snowball
Common Name: Japanese Snowball Latin Name: Viburnum plicatum 'Watanabe' Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May-June/ WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m/1.5mSpecial features: Delicate white flowers and attractive layered branches. The 'Watanabe' is an attractive shrub that, unlike other plicatum varieties, grows to be a more manageable size for the smaller garden. Despite being smaller than the other plicatum viburnums, the ‘Watanabe’ still grows to have the same attractive layered braches when mature. The delicate white lacecap flowers blossom from May to June and really bring the shrub to life. The foliage is slightly serrated at the edges and is green with a red blush. This is a great choice for planting in a mixed border.
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Viburnum x bodnantense Charles Lamont
Arrowwood Charles Lamont
Common Name: Arrowwood 'Charles Lamont'Latin Name: Viburnum × bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'Soil: Average, medium moisture, well-drained; acid, alkaline or neutral.Position: Full sun, part shade, full shade. Flowering period/colour: November to MarchHardiness: Fully hardyHeight and spread in 20 years: 1.5m-2.5m/1-1.5mmSpecial features: Attractive, fragrant, pink/white flowers from November to March. Deciduous. Viburnum x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' is a large, low-maintenance shrub, with a really striking floral display, that lends sparkle to the winter garden. The plant produces a splash of pink/white flowers from November to March, which can light up a border. The flowers are like small clouds of pink/white trumpets, borne on bare stems. The backdrop provided by the structure of the stems makes the effect all the more striking. Viburnum requires little care, and tolerates a wide range of soils and situations, including full shade. It requires minimal pruning but can also be pruned hard back, which is a very convenient feature in a low-maintenance garden. Ideal pruning involves cutting back one in five shoots to ground level to ensure continuous regeneration of a healthy young branching structure and ready show of flowers. This variety is deciduous, with the leaves opening with a bronze tint, maturing to dark green in summer. The fruits of this shrub can cause a mild stomach ache if ingested.
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Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn'Soil: Average, medium moisture, well-drained; soils, acid, alkaline or neutral.Position: Full sun to part shade.Flowering period/colour: March/AprilHardiness: Fully hardyHeight and spread in 20 years: 3m/1.5mSpecial features: Attractive, fragrant, pink/white spring flowers, autumn colour in foliage.Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn' belongs to the Adoxaceae family, and was bred as a cross between V. farreri and V. grandiflorum at Bodnant Garden, Tal-y-Cafn, in north Wales. It is ideal for low maintenance gardens, and is best sited in flower beds and herbaceous borders. It requires only very occassional pruning to keep its shape tidy, and is generally maintenance-free. If required, the plant tolerates hard restorative pruning, and so is ideal for a garden that receives only occassional maintenance.Viburnam x bodnantense 'Dawn' is best grown in medium soils that are neither dry or wet. It flowers best in full sun, and in a protected area, as the blooms can be lost to an early frost. The plant is very flexible as to soil pH, growing happily in acid, alkaline and neutral soils.This shrub is at its most valuable in spring, when visual effect is of a large structure of upright branches, free of leaves, and covered in small clouds of pink/white blossom. This creates an attractive image when viewed at a distance from a house. The blooms are valued for their attractive scent and fine trumpet shape when viewed close-to.The leaves are also striking in summer, dark green with a slightly purple tint and a strong veined shape. The leaves take on an attractive autumn colour.
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Viburnum x burkwoodii
Burkwood Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum BurkwoodiiSoil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 1.5mSpecial features: Metallic, turquoise blue fruit.Flattened heads of tubular, white flowers in May, followed by metallic, turquoise-blue fruit, and distinctively veined, dark green leaves. This compact, evergreen shrub is an attractive groundcover plant for the front of a border in sun or partial shade. Forming a low, dome-like shape, it's an important visual 'anchor' for taller perennials and shrubs.
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