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Plant: Korean Spice - Viburnum
Viburnum · Viburnum carlesii 'Korean Spice'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
A rounded, dense deciduous shrub grown for clusters of very fragrant flowers that open from pink buds to white in early to mid spring. Leaves are dark green, copper when young, and sometimes turn reddish-burgundy in fall; small red fruits darken to blue-black. It takes full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil and suits borders, foundations and hedges.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A rounded, dense deciduous shrub grown for clusters of very fragrant flowers that open from pink buds to white in early to mid spring. Leaves are dark green, copper when young, and sometimes turn reddish-burgundy in fall; small red fruits darken to blue-black. It takes full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil and suits borders, foundations and hedges.
- Flowers
- Pink in bud, opening to white, very fragrant flowers in dense, hemispherical clusters 2 to 3 inches across in early to mid spring.
- Foliage
- Opposite, dull dark green to gray-green, ovate to elliptical, serrate leaves, copper when young, hairy beneath; fall color reddish-burgundy but inconsistent.
- Fruit
- Small drupes about 0.3 inch, red turning bluish-black.
- Bark & stems
- Light gray bark, fissured on old stems; young stems are pubescent.
- Pruning
- Blooms on old wood, so prune immediately after flowering.
- Native range
- Korea and Japan.
