Scientific Name:
Viburnum
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burkwoodii
Pronunciation:
vye-BUR-num BURK-wood-ee-eye
Common Name:
Burkwood viburnum
Family Name:
Viburnaceae
Plant Type:
Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, ovoid, up to 8cm long x 4cm wide, margins serrate; inflorescence a terminal corymb-like cyme, most 5-7cm wide, flowers yellow in bud, opening creamy white, about 8mm wide; bark has prominent lenticels. Winter ID: flower buds occur in large terminal clusters, about 1cm wide; buds soft, elliptical, yellowy and upright.
Habit:
Dense, Open
Form:
Round
Texture:
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
2 - 3m
Origin:
Garden origin (V. utlile x V. carlesii)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Mixed shrub border, Spring interest
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivar on campus has no pink or red in the flower buds but was originally identified as V. 'Mohawk'.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Orange, Purple, Red, Dark-red
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Ciliate
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Corymb-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White (flower buds pink)
Flower Scent:
Fragrant
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May
Fruit Type:
Drupe, Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Fruit Colour:
Red, Black
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Fruit never noticed on campus specimen (seem to have aborted)
Bark or Stem Colour:
Leaf Bud Type:
Oblong
Leaf Scar Shape:
Crescent shaped
Pest Susceptibility:
Sawflies or horntails or ants (Deer resistant)
Specific Pests:
