page_title: Viburnum
section_title: Cultivation and uses
hierarchical_section_title: Viburnum / Cultivation and uses
caption_attribution_description: Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum
context_page_description: Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
  The member species are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with a few species extending into tropical montane regions in South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains.
context_section_description: Many species of viburnum have become popular as garden or landscape plants because of their showy flowers and berries, fragrance, and  good autumn colour of some forms. Some popular species, hybrids, and cultivars include:
  The hybrid Viburnum × bodnantense (V. farreri × V. grandiflorum) is particularly popular for its strongly scented pink flowers on the leafless deciduous shoots in mid- to late winter.
  Viburnum × burkwoodii (V. carlesii × V. utile)
  Viburnum × carlcephalum (V. carlesii × V. macrocephalum)
  Viburnum carlesii has round white flowerheads, strong fragrance, dense structure, and reddish leaves in autumn.
  Viburnum davidii is an evergreen species from China with blue fruit.
  Viburnum dentatum has flat-topped flowers, bluish fruit, and reddish leaves in autumn. It is somewhat salt-tolerant. The cultivar 'Blue Muffin' is more compact than the species and has fruit that are a deeper blue than the species.
  Viburnum dilatatum has flat-topped flowers, reddish leaves in autumn, and bright red fruit that persist into winter.
  Viburnum × jackii – Jack's viburnum
  Viburnum × juddii (V. bitchiuense × V. carlesii)
  Viburnum plicatum has white flowers, textured leaves, reddish-black fruit, and can grow quite large under ideal conditions.  The species can tolerate shade, but not drought.
  Viburnum × pragense (V. rhytidophyllum × V. utile)
  Viburnum × rhytidophylloides (V. lantana × V. rhytidophyllum)
  Viburnum rhytidophyllum is a popular evergreen species, grown mainly for its foliage effect of large, dark green leathery leaves with strongly wrinkled surface. This is the parent species of two popular hybrid cultivars known as 'Alleghany' and 'Pragense'. 'Alleghany' was selected from a hybrid between V. rhytidophyllum and V. lantana 'Mohican' (in 1958, at the US National Arboretum).
  Viburnum setigerum has upright, coarse structure and orange to reddish-orange fruit.
  Viburnum sieboldii has coarse, open structure, flat-topped flowers, reddish-black fruit, and can grow as a small tree.
  Viburnum tinus is a widely grown garden and landscape shrub.
caption: Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum
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