Scientific name: Viburnum davidii

Common name:  David viburnum

Family name: Adoxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 1.3-2m tall and wide

Form: spreading, mounding

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cyme flowers; showy and white. Drupe; blue

Limitations: viburnum beetle.

Suitable uses: mass plantings, dry areas. Slow growing. Good for parks/residential. Shade and drought tolerant.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Opposite. Strong veins. Ovate. Toothed on tip. Shorter, smaller leaves, narrower leaves and larger fruits than cinnamomifolium. Smaller intermodal region. Red petioles. 3 veins on leaves.