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DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM

VIBURNUM PLICATUM F. TOMENTOSUM

Doublefile viburnumn boasts showy spring flowers and red to purple fall foliage. This beautiful garden shrub also has a very nice branch structure, which gives it some year-round appeal as an architectural element in the garden. White flowers appear in mid-to late spring. These flowers consist of large florets that ring a center of tiny ball-like florets. Flowering can be profuse. Birds enjoy the red to black berries that follow. The four-inch, broadly oval leaves are dark green in summer and turn red and purple in fall.

HABIT: Deciduous shrub that grows 10 to 12 feet tall and 12 to 15 feet wide, with very even horizontal branching that gives a ladder- or pagoda-like effect.

ORIGIN: Japan.

Grow this viburnum in average soil with moderate watering. Drainage should be good. Doublefile viburnum will grow in full sun or part shade. It can tolerate some drought, but it does best with even watering. If the shrub needs pruning, do so just after it finishes flowering. USDA