Plant Characteristics
- Zone: 4-8
- Height: 5' to 6'
- Spread: 4'
- Form: mounded
- Soil : well drained
- Bloom: Pink to White
- Age atbloom: 3 yrs.
It has been said that a garden without
a Viburnum is akin to life without music and art. A dense shrub with
stiff, upright spreading branches and leathery foliage, it is valued
for it's spicy fragrance and is often used in foundation plantings.
The habit is full and rouded and is very resistant to bacterial leaf
spot. The inflorescence of about 3 in. wide, red in bud, white in flower,
and is highly fragrant. This hybrid was raised at the Arnold Arboretum
by William H. Judd. A wonderful fragrant plant for walkways and sitting
areas. The brilliant red flower buds appear several weeks before the
flowers begin to open extending the effective ornamental period to several
weeks. The flowers then open white in late April to early May with a
snowball-like appearance, attracting birds and butterflies. The dark
green leaves turn reddish to wine-red in fall. Virburnum x juddii has
a slow to medium growth rate and will reach a mature height of 6 feet.
This shrub prefers full sun or partial shade and well-drained soil. It may
be pruned after flowering.