Scientific name: Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Common name:  leatherleaf viburnum

Family name: Adoxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 3-5m tall and wide

Form: upright, round

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic, well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: cyme flowers; perfect, white and showy. Drupe; red/black.

Limitations: weird looking. Hairs on back of leaf can become air born and be a lung irritant.

Suitable uses: group plantings, border. Grows quick, has mass. Very hardy. Industrial landscape only.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Asia. Simple. Opposite. Lanceolate. Wavy margins. Fuzzy stems and hairy leaves (hairs on back of leaf rub off)(unique). Smooth margins. Leathery leaves.