Flower Notes:
White (White flowers in May in numerous, large 4-8" dia. flat-topped cymes)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous, leathery dark green summer foliage; semi-evergreen foliage holds into November)
Fruit Notes:
Red;black (Red berries (drupes) change to black from fall to winter; not consistently produced, planting in groups of different clones may increase fruit production)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained soils
Range:
Central and western China
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The lustrous, dark green leaves (3-7" long by 1-2.5" wide; narrower than Viburnum x rhytidophylloides) are opposite, simple, semi-evergreen to evergreen, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, leathery, and strongly wrinkled. Long, naked vegetative buds covered in a rusty pubescence. Flower buds are present even in the winter and are much more open than those of V. x rhytidophylloides.
