Viburnum Purpureum
Viburnum
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Common Name: Viburnum
Latin Name: Viburnum tinus 'Purpureum'
Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: December to April/White
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Eventual height/spread: 3.5m x 3.5m
Special 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.