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Korean Spice Viburnum

Korean Spice Viburnum (Viburnum carlesii)
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Korean Spice Viburnum in flower
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Viburnum carlesii

Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.

Pink-white May flowers you can smell from the walk

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Light
Full sun–part shade
Moisture
Medium
Mature size
4–6 ft
Spacing
5 ft
Bloom or harvest
Flowers Apr–May
How it spreads
Shrub
What to buy
Container plants.
When to plant
Plant April or September.

In the design

This is the fragrant one people mean when they want a viburnum that isn't a native hedge. Nannyberry and blackhaw are the natives. Plant this when the job is scent.

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