This Koreanspice viburnum cultivar is a slow-growing, upright, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically matures to 4 or 5 feet tall and wide, but eventually may reach a height of 8 feet under optimum growing conditions. Red buds open in late March/early April to pink-changing-to-white flowers which are arranged in snowball-like clusters and are very fragrant. Flowers give way to non-showy, berry-like drupes which mature to blue-black in late summer. Broad ovate, serrate, dark green leaves are infrequently flushed with copper. Foliage usually turns dull red in fall, but may sometimes display attractive shades of wine-red to burgundy. 'Compacta' grows even slower, typically 2 to 4 feet tall and wide.
Grow in well drained, loamy soils in full sun to part shade (while viburnum will grow in full shade, they will be a little spindly and less floriferous). Provide regular irrigation during the hottest summer months. Avoid shearing, and prune selectively if necessary, though it is a compact and tidy grower.