Family: Caprifoliaceae
Scientific Name: Viburnum x rhytidophylloides Willowwood
Common Name: Willowwood Viburnum
| Description | A large deciduous shrub with lustrous dark green rugose foliage and white flowers in the late spring. |
| Pronunciation | (vy-BER-num)(rhi-ti-doe-fil-OY-dez) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | creamy white flowers borne in flat top cymes |
| Fruit | black drupe |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, leathery, lustrous dark green above, very tomentose under and hold on late into the fall |
| Dimensions | upright spreading, arching shrub reaching 8-10 feet in height by equal spread |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated at the Willowwood Farms in Gladstone, NJ, from a cross made by Henry Tubbs. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Michael Dirr), #106-Viburnums (Michael Dirr) |
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