Viburnum macrocephalum

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Viburnum macrocephalum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Viburnum macrocephalum, Fortune, Shrub, attaining 12 ft. and occasionally more, with spreading branches: lvs. short-petioled, oval to ovate-oblong, rounded at base, acute, denticulate, almost glabrous and dark green above, stellate-pubescent beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. yellowish white, in peduncled cymes, 3-5 in. across, with the marginal fls. sterile and radiant. May, June. China. Gn.79, p. 336. Var. Keteleeri, Nichols. (V. Keteleeri, Carr.). The wild form with only the marginal fls. sterile and enlarged; has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. R.H. 1863, p. 270. Gn. 45, p. 423. Var. sterile, Dipp. (V. Fortunei, Hort.). Chinese Snowball. All the fls. sterile, forming a subglobose ball, sometimes 7 or 8 in. across. B.R. 33:43. F.S. 3:263, 264. R.H. 1858, p. 350. Gn. 34, p. 348; 45, p. 422; 56, p. 82; 71, p. 142. G.C. III. 25: suppl. June 3; 30:332. F.S.R. 2, p. 205. A.F. 16:1547. G. 1:61; 35:381 (as V. macrophyllum). A very showy variety, but less hardy than the type. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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