Siebold Viburnum

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Japan

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Donald Egolf

Description

Large shrub or small tree of open habit, with stiff, stout, rigid branches, reaching 15' to 20' in height, and 10' to 15' in width; can attain 30' in height. Foliage lustrous dark green, with fetid odor when crushed; fall color usually green, occasionally red-purple; foliage tends to be held late into the season. Flowers creamy-white, borne in late May in 3" to 6" diameter flat-topped cymes in great abundance, literally masking the bright green foliage. Fruit a 1/3" long rose-red drupe, changing to black, effective for two weeks in August through early October; fruit quickly eaten by birds, although inforescences are a handsome rose-red, and remain effective for 2 to 4 weeks after the fruits are gone.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4