Viburnum phlebotrichum
Siebold. & Zucc.
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Summary
Source: WikipediaA deciduous shrub reaching 2.5 m (8ft 2in) tall. Hardy to UK zone 6. Flowers in May. Hermaphrodite flowers are insect-pollinated; not self-fertile. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with mildly acid to basic pH. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist soil.
Description
A deciduous shrub reaching 2.5 m (8ft 2in) tall. Hardy to UK zone 6. Flowers in May. Hermaphrodite flowers are insect-pollinated; not self-fertile. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with mildly acid to basic pH. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. The ovoid fruit is about 9mm long and contains a single large seed.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Japan,
Cultivation
An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but is ill-adapted for poor soils and for dry situations. It prefers a deep rich loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Best if given shade from the early morning sun in spring. Plants are self-incompatible and need to grow close to a genetically distinct plant in the same species in order to produce fruit and fertile seed.
Propagation
Seed is best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. Germination can be slow, sometimes taking more than 18 months. Seed harvested green — fully developed but not yet fully ripe — and sown immediately in a cold frame should germinate the following spring. Stored seed needs 2 months of warm stratification followed by 3 months of cold, and may still take 18 months to germinate. Prick seedlings into individual pots when large enough to handle, grow on in a cold frame or greenhouse, and plant out in late spring or early summer of the following year. Softwood cuttings taken in early summer in a frame should be potted individually once rooting begins and planted out the following late spring or early summer. Half-ripe cuttings, 5–8 cm long with a heel if possible, taken in July or August in a frame should be potted as soon as they start to root. These can be difficult to overwinter and are best kept under glass until the following spring. Mature wood cuttings taken in winter in a frame should root in early spring; pot when large enough and plant out in summer if sufficient new growth has been made, otherwise overwinter in a cold frame and plant out the following spring. Layering of the current season's growth in July or August takes 15 months.
Other Uses
None known Special Uses
Notes
There are about 150 Viburnum species. Also put in the family Caprifoliaceae.
References (2)
- Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Koenigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3):173. 1846
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
