Viburnum rhytidophyllum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Viburnum rhytidophyllum
• PRONUNCIATION: vi-ber'num ri-ti-do-fil'um
• COMMON NAME: Leatherleaf Viburnum
• FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Central to western China
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, strongly multi-stemmed shrubs
• SIZE: 10 to 15' (height) by 10 to 15' (spread)
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 8
• CULTURE: well-drained soils, tolerates heavy shade
• LANDSCAPE USE: massing or background plant
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, simple, evergreen, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 7" long
• BUDS: Vegetative-large, rusty colored, tomentose, foliose
• BARK: Grey to brown
• FLOWER: yellowish-white, slightly fragrant, flowering in Mid-May 4 to 8"
• FRUIT: Drupe, oval, 1/3" long red changing to black
• PROPAGATION: cuttings
• PESTS: None serious
• CULTIVARS: 'Cree' 'Green Trump' 'Roseum'