Viburnum macrocephalum

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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.


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