White Fragrant Viburnum - Viburnum farreri 'Album' [2]
Family Adoxaceae
USDA hardiness zones: 5 through 8 / Native: China - Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang [1]
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Fragrant Viburnum comes in two colors, white and pink. This very early spring flowering shrub grows to about 12 feet, with an irregular form. Leaf arrangement: opposite/sub opposite, simple, serrulate, obovate; ovate, venation: pinnate

Leaf type and persistence: deciduous / Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches / Fall color: purple; red / Fall characteristic: showy

Flower color: white, showy; spring flowering / Fruit shape: round / Fruit length: < .5 inch / Fruit covering: fleshy / Fruit color: blue / Fruit characteristics: does not attract wildlife; inconspicuous and not showy; no significant litter problem.

Trunk/bark/branches: bark is thin and easily damaged from mechanical impact; droop as the tree grows, and will require pruning for vehicular or pedestrian clearance beneath the canopy; routinely grown with, or trainable to be grown with, multiple trunks; not particularly showy; no thorns. Needs little pruning to develop. Tree grows in full sun, shade, or combination. Soil tolerances: clay; loam; sand; acidic; occasionally wet; alkaline; well-drained. / Drought tolerance: high. Not a good street tree, as will not tolerate salt aerosol. [1]

Viburnums attract Red Admiral, Eastern Comma, and Question Mark butterflies and is larval plant food for the spring azure butterfly and hummingbird moth.
Doublefile Viburnum - Viburnum plicatum
Doublefile Viburnum Flowers and Foliage

Viburnums have long been one of the most popular flowering landscape shrubs. There are over 150 species of Viburnum. You can find a variety to suit any garden need: wet or dry, sun or shade, natural or formal, shrub or tree, native or exotic.
References:
1. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN [Online Database] "Viburnum farreri"
2. Fragrant White Viburnum, Morton Arboretum acc. 285-37*1, photos by Bruce Marlin
3. The Arbor Day Foundation, Viburnum
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Family Adoxaceae. Viburnum is a genus of about 150-175 species of shrubs or small trees that were previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae
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Family Betulaceae
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This family is traceable in the fossil record to the early Cretaceous, 140 million years ago.
Plants in this family are highly prized as ornamentals and specimen plantings.

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