Species

Viburnum plicatum

Common Name(s)

doublefile Viburnum

Family

Adoxaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Features

Deciduous, multi-stemmed, medium-sized shrub (2-4.5m tall). Leaves opposite, simple, ovate, serrate. Dark green above, wrinkled and pubescent beneath. Flowers white, sterile outer flowers much larger, appearing in showy clusters several inches wide. Fruit: bright red drupes produced in large clusters, ripening to black, in late summer.

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1985

Origin

China, Japan.

This page last updated on 13 Jan 2016