Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viburnum rhytidophyllum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Viburnum rhytidophyllum, Hemsl. Evergreen shrub, to 10 ft., with stout upright branches; branchlets densely stellate-tomentose: lvs. thick, ovate-oblong to oblong- lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, dark green, glabrous and lustrous and deeply wrinkled above, covered with a thick gray or yellowish tomentum beneath and reticulate, entire or indistinctly denticulate, 3 – 7 1/2 in. long: fls. yellowish white, 1/4 in. across, in terminal cymes 4-8 in. across formed in autumn and expanding the following spring: fr. ovoid, 1/3 in. long, first red, finally changing to shining black. May, June; fr. in Sept., Oct. Cent. and W. China. B.M. 8382. S.T.S. 2:118. G.C. III. 39:418; 42:220. Gn. 78, p. 283. J.H.S. 28:63; 33:187 (fig. 103). R.H. 1911, p. 229. M.D.G. 1912:29. M.D. 1912:201. G. 32:63, 645; 37:228.—One of the most striking viburnums on account of its large evergreen foliage; particularly handsome in autumn with its large clusters of fr. changing from red to shining black. It has proved fairly hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, and in W. N. Y., though the lvs. suffer more or less in exposed situations. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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