Korean Spice Viburnum

The Korean Spice Viburnum is a graceful and attractive deciduous shrub that starts the year with clusters of charming pink and white flowers that release a powerful sweet scent of carnations all across your garden. These are followed by red and black berries, and the attractive leaves turn wine-red in fall. This medium-sized bush is well-branched to the ground and perfect in all your shrub beds and foundation planting. Although not native to America it fits well into wild gardens too.

• Richly-perfumed pink spring flowers
• Red and black berries in late summer
• Wine-red to dark burgundy fall leaves
• A sturdy plants for the backbone of your shrub beds
• Valuable in natural and wild gardens

Full sun or partial shade suit the Korean Spice Viburnum well. It is hardy in all but the coldest zones, and grows in most well-drained soils, with some drought resistance once well-established. Mulch in spring to preserve moisture and provide nourishment. Pests or diseases are rare, and you don’t even need to prune, although some thinning out of the oldest branches will keep it vigorous and more compact.