Pink;white (Dome-like 2-3" flower clusters emerging with unfolding leaves; reddish-pink in bud, opening to pink and fading to white with clove-like fragrance in early May)

Foliage Notes:

Green (Gray-green velvety foliage in summer); Red (Inconsistent reddish fall foliage)

Fruit Notes:

Red (Dull red fruits ripen to black in fall; seldom showy)

Fruiting Times:

November 94

Light Requirements:

Soil Notes:

Prefers moist, well-drained, slightly acid soil

Range:

Korea

Diagnostic Characteristics:

Leaves (2-4" long and wide) are opposite, simple, broad ovate, rounded at base, irregularly dentate, dull green with stellate (star-shaped) pubescence above and paler and pubescent below.

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Special Characteristics:

Flowering Characteristics 356

Fragrant Flowers 192

Additional Information

Very fragrant when in bloom. Bacterial leaf spot can be a problem in some settings. Prune immediately after flowering for best flower show the next year.

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Shrub Habit

Leaf and Bud

Flower Buds

Ripe Fruit

Fall Color and Flowers

Leaf & Flower Buds

Flower Buds

Winter Habit

Flowering Habit

Buds

Bark

When Viburnum carlesii has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

Flowering

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Fruiting

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27 Viburnum carlesii found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant

Number	Accession ID	Location
1	2009_12153*A	LSPS
2	2009_12151*A	LSPS
3	2010_00204*A	CARY
4	2013_00280*A	HORTPARK
5	2010_01449*A	OWEN
6	2010_01450*A	OWEN
7	2010_11932*A	PRSV
8	2018_00612*A	EE
9	2009_05694*A	MATH
10	2012_01026*A	FWLR
11	2010_11933*A	PRSV
12	2009_13886*A	HORTPARK
13	2010_11930*A	PRSV
14	2009_02845*A	PGG
15	2009_12154*A	LSPS
16	2012_01015*A	HNLY
17	2009_02846*A	PGG
18	2010_11931*A	PRSV
19	2010_08592*A	PVAB
20	2010_00174*A	CARY
21	2009_12152*A	LSPS
22	2010_00205*A	CARY
23	2018_00613*A	EE
24	2009_05603*A	HAAS
25	2010_01451*A	OWEN
26	2009_02847*A	PGG
27	2022_00075*A	POTR

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