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**'Conoy'****The U.S. National Arboretum presents *Viburnum* x *burkwoodii*'Conoy', the image of excellence.**  This compact, evergreen viburnum deserves a place in every landscape.  The high gloss of the small, dark green leaves is a perfect backdrop for lightly fragrant, white flowers in late April. The abundant flowers are followed by a colorful red fruiting display beginning in late August and lasting for 6-8 weeks.  Cold winter weather gives the foliage a maroon tinge. You'll agree, 'Conoy' is a winner - year round!
**Recognition:**The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plant Award, 1997.

**'Conoy'** Burkwood Viburnum**Botanical Name:***Viburnum x burkwoodii* . & Skip. 'Conoy'(NA 57259; PI 499834)**Family:** Caprifoliaceae**Hardiness:** U.S.D.A. Zones 5b - 8; reliably evergreen in U.S.D.A. Zones 7 - 8.**Development:** 'Conoy' is a selection from the cross of V. *utile* with V. x *burkwoodii* 'Park Farm Hybrid' made in 1968 by Dr. Donald Egolf at the U.S. National Arboretum.  Selected for field trial and propagation in 1976, 'Conoy' was named and released in 1988.**Significance:** 'Conoy' is distinguished from other Burkwood viburnum cultivars by its compact growth habit, fine-textured, evergreen foliage, and persistent, abundant, glossy red fruit for approximately 6-8 weeks in the fall.**Description:****Height and width:** 4-5 feet tall and 7-8 feet wide.**Habit:** Spreading, dense-branched, evergreen shrub.**Foliage:** Extremely glossy, small, dark green leaves in summer  with dark maroon tinge in winter, densely stellate beneath.**Flowers:** Abundant inflorescences.  Dark pink buds open to slightly fragrant, cream-white flowers in late April.**Fruit:** A drupe.  Slightly pendulous clusters of fruit ripen in mid-August to bright red before turning black in October.**Culture:** 'Conoy' is readily cultivated under diverse climatic and soil conditions.   Grows best in full sun to partial shade in a heavy loam with an adequate moisture supply.  Tolerates drought and drier soils extremely well.**Propagation:** Roots easily from softwood, semi-hardwood, or hardwood cuttings under mist, 1000 ppm IBA, in 2-4 weeks.**Landscape Use:** Specimen plant, low to medium natural or sheared hedge, foundation plant, massed group, or in containers.  Suitable for the home garden, parks, industrial complexes and malls.**Availability:** Readily available from mail-order firms and retail and wholesale nurseries.**U.S. National Arboretum Plant Introduction**Floral and Nursery Plants Research UnitU.S. National Arboretum, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3501 New York Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20002
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