The viburnum family contains over 150 150 species and cultivars. One of the most aromatic is Viburnum x burkwoodii, generally called the Burkwood viburnum. A cross involving the Koreanspice viburnum of Korea and Japan and the support viburnum from China, this shrub is named for Albert Burkwood, one of the hybrid’s early 20th century builders. The Burkwood viburnum is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 4 through 8. Variants contain Chenaultii (Viburnum x burkwoodii Chenaultii), featuring appealing bronze foliage, and Mohawk (Viburnum x burkwoodii Mohawk), a scaled-down range that also has amazing drop colour.

Size and Form

Burkwood viburnum 6 to 8-feet wide at maturity and reaches 8 to 10-feet high. When young, even though the shrub might seem, it becomes dense when it’s full-grown and assumes an upright to rounded form. Its medium-size makes it helpful in various settings. Consider planting it as an anchor for shrubs in a border or a specimen plant. Burkwood viburnum is useful as espalier topic or a hedge plant.

Flowers And Fruit

Viburnum blooms in mid-April as they open into flowers with buds that are red to dark-pink, then lighten to white. The spicy-scented blooms can be found in in clusters that are rounded, searching like 2 1/2 inch-broad snowballs, and last as much as two weeks. Even though the blooms change to red berries, the fresh fruit is is essentially concealed from the foliage and turns black by August and July, making this mostly non-decorative. This makes fresh fruit and the flowers no less popular with hummingbirds, butterflies and other birds, nevertheless.

Foliage And Bark

Burkwood viburnum’s leaves are egg- or foot-ball-shaped, measuring from 1 1/2 to 4″ long and about 1-inch broad. The area of the foliage is a shiny green, while the lower is downy and pale. The leaves’ margins are easy but generally bear little irregular teeth. Come autumn, the Burkwood viburnum shows no colour change that is spectacular, but makes up for this by evergreen in warmer places. As it matures, this viburnum’s bark becomes grayish brown and assumes a fissured look.

Culture

Burkwood viburnum prefers full to partial sunlight and does best in moist fertile and well-drained soil which is acidic. This shrub tolerates significantly less than perfect circumstances, nevertheless, and will survive bad or compacted soil, soil, and challenging problems like drought and heat. Because it stands up nicely to pollution Burkwood viburnum is thought to be a great option for towns. This shrub is relatively troublefree. Despite the fact that it could be suffering from powdery mildew, the dis-ease causes only an aesthetic issue and doesn’t impact the wellness of the plant.