Family: Caprifoliaceae
            
                Scientific Name: Viburnum rafinesquianum var affine 
            
                Common Name: Downy Arrowwood Viburnum, Southern Viburnum
            
    
    
            
            
    
            
            
                
    
    
    
    
     
    
 
        
    
    
    
        
            
            
                | Description | A native shrub not commonly available in the nursery trade. "Will survive in impoverished soil, sun or shade, and heat and drought". (#185) | 
                | Pronunciation | (vy-BER-num) | 
                | Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous | 
                | Hardiness Zone | 4-7 | 
                | Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade tolerance | 
                | Moisture | average | 
                | Soil & Site | average | 
                | Flowers | inconspicuous white flowers, purple fruits or seeds, listed as malodorous but to me not to bad | 
                | Leaves | green, simple, glabrous or pubescent only on the veins | 
                | Dimensions | 6 by 6 feet, multistemmed | 
                | Propagation | cold stratified seeds | 
                | Native Site | "A native species inhabiting Canada and the eastern United States and westward to Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky". (#185) | 
                | Notes & Reference | #106-Viburnums (Michael Dirr),  #185-Classic Viburnums (www.classicviburnums.com) | 
        
        
        
     
    
                
	        
            
            
                
            
        
    
    
    
         
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