General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 4 - 8 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 6 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Red maturing to black
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Sporadically through summer and sometimes into early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2004 Georgia Gold Medal Winner

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Common names
  • Doublefile Viburnum
  • Japanese Snowball Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viburnum plicatum
  • Synonym: Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum
  • Synonym: Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum

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photo by: Famartin
Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-22
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: IL
Date: 2015-05-15

Date: 2022-08-17
Location: IL
Date: 2017-05-15
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-22

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2022-08-17
Location: La Vista, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-28
Summer Snowflake Viburnum trimmed to tree form.
Location: IL
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-06-19
  • Uploaded by FPF
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-06-19
  • Uploaded by FPF
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2024-05-23
Mutated inflorescence.

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-06-19
  • Uploaded by FPF
Location: IL
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-04-18
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-04-18
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-04-18
Location: FPF Home, Warren County, Kentucky
Date: 2022-06-19
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SuperHappyCamper On September 10, 2022 Obtained plant
Purchased from Twin Branch Nursery.
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