Viburnum bitchiuense
Bitchiu Viburnum
There are very many different Viburnum, and most are relatively easy to grow. They can be deciduous or evergreen, most flower in Spring, and the clusters of usually fragrant flowers followed by berries, and often good Autumn leaf colours. Viburnum bitchiuense has dark blue-green leaves that contrast well with the clusters of fragrant white flowers that open from deep pink buds in late Spring, and followed by red berries that turn black.
Contributed by @charliewah
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Bitchiu Viburnum
Latin name
Viburnum bitchiuense
type
Flowering shrubs or trees
family
Adoxaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
3.00 M
3.00 M
Viburnum bitchiuense
There are very many different Viburnum, and most are relatively easy to grow. They can be deciduous or evergreen, most flower in Spring, and the clusters of usually fragrant flowers followed by berries, and often good Autumn leaf colours. Viburnum bitchiuense has dark blue-green leaves that contrast well with the clusters of fragrant white flowers that open from deep pink buds in late Spring, and followed by red berries that turn black.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Late Spring
Flower buds are a very deep rosy-pink, opening to fragrant white flowers in late spring.
Planting Outdoors spring
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out pot grown plants in growing position either in the spring or autumn.
Planting Outdoors autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Plant out pot grown plants in growing position either in the spring or autumn.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
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