| Scientific Name: | Viburnum rhytidophyllum |
| Common Name: | leatherleaf viburnum |
| Family Name: | Viburnaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Rugose, Tomentose, Branching hairs, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Red, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large evergreen shrub; leaves leathery, opposite, blades oblong-lanceolate, most 14-20cm long x 4-6cm wide; dark green/grey-brown underneath, rugose top/ tomentose underneath; flowers <20cm., tubular, creamy-white, dense, domed, terminal umbel-like cymes; fruit ovoid, red, ripening to glossy black. | |