Botanical Name: Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum
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Common Name: Doublefile Viburnum  
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Check the soil's moisture level before watering.

You can reduce your water use 20-50% by regularly checking the soil before watering.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

Black, Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Steve Mullany
  • Description

  • Notes

Doublefile are generally large, deciduous viburnum with a broadly rounded form, horizontal branching, multi-stemmed habit growing 8 to 10 feet tall and generally wider than tall. Leaves are early to emerge, are roughly oval with pointed tip and base, serrated margins, of dark green color, and with slightly hairy undersides. Fall color is purplish red. Flowers are white, in flat-topped clusters, and appear in May; followed by fruits which ripen to red and then black in August and is much enjoyed by birds. Use in shrub and foundation borders, as a screen or hedge, or mass planting. A number of cultivars are available.