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Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Jww5' syn. Viburnum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'

 

Japanese Snowball 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'

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 plicatum f. tomentosum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise' is a lovely shrub that grows upright with fresh green leaves in the spring and summer before changing to orange/gold. The flower clusters are a true white that as they age become a pale pink. They are followed by lots of dark red berries which as they mature turn to black.

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plant Features
  • Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Japanese Snowball 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'

Latin name

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Jww5' syn. Viburnum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'

type

Deciduous trees or shrubs

family

Adoxaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Japanese Snowball Kilimanjaro Sunrise is 8.50meters x 5.00meters 8.50 M 5.00 M

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Jww5' syn. Viburnum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise'

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 plicatum f. tomentosum 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise' is a lovely shrub that grows upright with fresh green leaves in the spring and summer before changing to orange/gold. The flower clusters are a true white that as they age become a pale pink. They are followed by lots of dark red berries which as they mature turn to black.


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

Flower clusters are a true white that as they age become a pale pink. They are followed by lots of dark red berries which as they

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Late Autumn

Plant out pot grown plants in growing position either in the spring or autumn. Prior to planting, incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the soil. Plant Viburnum shrubs at the same depth as they were planted in their pots. Backfill the planting hole and water well to settle the soil.

 

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

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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