Korean Spice Viburnum (Viburnum carlesii)
The Korean Spice Viburnum is a pretty, abundantly flowering plant with particularly attractive orange-red autumn colouring.
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Appearance
The Korean Spice Viburnum is a pretty, abundantly flowering plant with particularly attractive orange-red autumn colouring.
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Leaves
Deciduous, broadly elliptic leaves. Dentate edge. Leaves are dull green above, pale green below. Striking orange-red colouring in autumn. Size: 3-10cm long, 2-6cm wide.
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Leaf upperside
Deciduous, broadly elliptic leaves. Dentate edge. Leaves are dull green above, pale green below. Striking orange-red colouring in autumn. Size: 3-10cm long, 2-6cm wide.
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Leaf underside
Deciduous, broadly elliptic leaves. Dentate edge. Leaves are dull green above, pale green below. Striking orange-red colouring in autumn. Size: 3-10cm long, 2-6cm wide.
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Flowers
Flowering period: IV-V. First pink, then white cymes of great ornamental value. Strong fragrance. 5-7cm wide.
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Bark
The bark is grey or pale grey-brown. The branches are velvety yellowish brown.
Poisonousness
Mildly toxic! Consumption of toxic parts of the plant, such as bark and berries, may lead to gastrointestinal complaints with nausea, feeling of sickness and diarrhoea. Not normally associated with serious symptoms of poisoning.
Application
Flowering shrub, gardens, containers, parks.
Native regions
Korea
Location parameters
Light: sunny to semi-shady; soil type: sandy-loamy to loamy-clayey; nutrient concentration: high; pH value of the soil: acid to slightly alkaline; soil: fresh to moist.
Demands
Frost and fume-hardy shrub for gardens and parks. Does not tolerate soil compaction. Sometimes shedds its leaves prematurely in very dry summers. Light: sunny to semi-shady.
Growth
1- 2m high, diameter 1-2m.
Leaves
Deciduous, broadly elliptic leaves. Dentate edge. Leaves are dull green above, pale green below. Striking orange-red colouring in autumn. Size: 3-10cm long, 2-6cm wide.
Flowers
Flowering period: IV-V. First pink, then white cymes of great ornamental value. Strong fragrance. 5-7cm wide.
Fruits
Blue-black roundish stone fruit, approx. 1 cm long, of particular ornamental value.
Bark
The bark is grey or pale grey-brown. The branches are velvety yellowish brown.