Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum
Doublefile Viburnum

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum - Overall Shrub
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (White flowers form large (2-6" wide) flat-topped cymes in May)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Leafs out early in the spring; dark green summer foliage); Red (Reddish-purple coloration in the fall)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Red berries that turn black in late summer)
 Ultimate Height:
8-10 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
9-12 feet
 Fruiting Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils
 Range:
China and Japan
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, simple 2-4" long, half as wide, ovate, coarsely serrate, pubescent underneath, with impressed veins. Buds are naked. Young stems are tomentose. Produces both sterile and fertile flowers (and therefore fruits are produced) in flat-topped cymes (Viburnum plicatum f. plicatum has snowball-shaped cymes of all sterile flowers).
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  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 285
  • Fruiting Characteristics 115
  • Border 395
  • Foundation 202
  • Groupings 211
  • Hedge 277
  • Screen 190
  • Specimen 630
  • Fall Color 238

    • Additional Information

    The Doublefire Viburnum is fertile and more commonly used in the landscape than the sterile Japanese Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. plicatum). The white flowers are reminiscent of a lace doily with sterile showy flowers at edge surrounding the non-showy fertile flowers. Flower clusters accentuate the horizontal branching. Fruits are red that change to black if not eaten by birds, beginning in late summer.

    When Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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    4 Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum found

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    Number Accession ID Location
    12009_05021*AHIKS
    22009_13881*AHORTPARK
    32010_04159*AERHT
    42022_00433*AAR

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