Viburnum setigerum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Viburnum setigerum
• PRONUNCIATION: vi-ber'num se-tij'er-um
• COMMON NAME: Tea Viburnum
• FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae
• NATIVITY: Central to western China
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, multi-stemmed, often leggy at the base
• SIZE: 8 to 12' (height) by 6 to 10' (spread)
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 7
• CULTURE: well drained soils, prefers full sun but can tolerate some shade
• LANDSCAPE USE: shrub border because of leggy habit, fruit is outstanding
• FOLIAGE: opposite, simple, ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 6" long inconsistent reddish purple fall color
• BUDS: Imbricate, terminal-green with red, lateral-green with red tip usually with 3 to 5 visible scales
• BARK: smooth gray
• FLOWER: white, flowers mid-late May, 1 to 2", 5-rayed
• FRUIT :Drupe, egg shaped, bright red
• PROPAGATION: leafy cuttings
• PESTS: None serious
• CULTIVARS: 'Aurantiacum'

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