Viburnum × rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood'
Willowwood Lantanaphyllum Viburnum

Viburnum × rhytidophylloides ′Willowwood′ - Habit (with Immature Fruits)
 Family:
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 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Cream (Creamy white flowers in May in 3-4" dia. flat-topped cymes)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous, leathery summer foliage; the semi-evergreen leaves hold into November)
 Fruit Notes:
Green;red (Juvenile berries green;Ripe berries change from bright red to black, appear in late August to September)
 Ultimate Height:
15 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are rugose, leathery, dark green (but less so than in Viburnum rhytidophyllum), 4-8" long by 2-2.5" wide (wider than V. rhytidophyllum). Flower cluster (3-4" dia.) is smaller than the loose cluster of V. rhytidophyllum. Long naked buds.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 353
  • Border 368
  • Screen 171
  • Specimen 598
  • Notable Texture 277

    • Additional Information

    Poor tolerance to heavy wind environments. Great plant in the Midwest, flowering in the spring and even sporadically into the fall. Foliage sometimes lasting well into the winter. Prune right after flowering, because new buds for the following year form in the summer.

    When Viburnum × rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood' has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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    2 Viburnum × rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood' found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12009_13900*AHORTPARK
    22009_09523*AHAMP

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