Viburnum utile
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- vih-BUR-num YOO-tih-lee
- Description
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Service Viburnum is a shrub from China that has an open form that is sometimes leggy. Plants are more compact with direct sunlight. It is evergreen in the southern part of its range and will grow 4-8 feet tall with a similar spread. Flowers are fragrant and showy and fruit set requires more than one shrub. It is tolerant of heat and a variety of soils and pH types. Has been used as a breeding parent for its glossy leaves and heat tolerance and is rarely used in the garden.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common pests and diseases.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Conoy'
Snowball shaped flowers - 'Conoy'
- 'Conoy', 'Eskimo'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Conoy'
Snowball shaped flowers - 'Conoy'
- 'Conoy', 'Eskimo'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Viburnum
- Species:
- utile
- Family:
- Viburnaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Stem Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China
- Wildlife Value:
- Mildly resistant to deer. Birds eat the berries.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 4 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 7 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Multi-stemmed
- Open
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Blue
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- 0.2 in. red to bluish-black drupe
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Saucer
- Tubular
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- 2-3 inch cymes with pink buds opening to waxy tubular white flowers in abundance.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- White
- Leaf Feel:
- Leathery
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Purple/Lavender
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Oblong
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- 2.5 by 1 inch leathery dark green leaves with a wavy appearance. Undersides are whitish with sparse star-shaped hairs. Winter color is purple-tinged.
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Bark:
- Bark Description:
- Grayish-brown bark
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer