Viburnum carlesii

• BOTANICAL NAME: Viburnum carlesii
• PRONUNCIATION: vi-BER-num kar-LEE-zee-i
• COMMON NAME: Koreanspice Viburnum
• FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Korea
• GROWTH HABIT: Compact, rounded and dense with stiff spreading branches. Deciduous.
• SIZE: 4 to 5' (height) by 4 to 8' or more (spread)
• HARDINESS: Zone 4 - 7
• CULTURE: Best in well-drained, evenly moist and acid soil.  Full sun to part shade.
• LANDSCAPE USE:  Wonderfully fragrant shrub.  Fall color (not reliable).
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, dark green dentate leaf with a sheen.  Pubescent on both upper and lower leaf surface. 
• BUDS :Interesting whitish flower bud.
• BARK: Light brown to gray.  Younger stems are pubescent.
• FLOWER: White flowers in late April early May.
• FRUIT: Red drupe changing to black in August/September.  Not ornamental.
• PROPAGATION: Seeds and cuttings.
• PESTS: Bacterial leaf spot, nematodes.
• CULTIVARS:

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