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Wabi-Sabi® Doublefile viburnum Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum

Flower Season
  • Spring
Mature Size
3' 4' 91cm 1.2m
Height: 2' - 3'
Spread: 3' - 4'
Height: 61cm - 91cm
Spread: 91cm - 1.2m
  • Details

    24 - 36 Inches
    48 - 60 Inches
    36 - 48 Inches
    61cm - 91cm
    1.2m - 1.5m
    91cm - 1.2m

    Features

    This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®. Alternatives include: Steady Eddy®

    Enduring elegance for small spaces!

    You deserve a spring landscape that takes your breath away - and Wabi-Sabi® viburnum is just the accent you needed. This unique version of the popular doublefile viburnum grows low and wide, making it perfect for the front of beds, planting atop walls, or lining walkways. Every branch bears large, pure white lacecap flowers, giving the whole plant a strong horizontal presence that adds elegant structure to your plantings. Like all viburnums, it is shade tolerant and deer resistant. Available in better garden centers in spring 2018.

    Top three reasons to grow Wabi-Sabi viburnum:

    • space saving dwarf version of popular doublefile viburnum
    • showy white flowers in spring
    • practically no maintenance required
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Rabbits

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm
    Spacing: 
    48 - 60 Inches 1.2m - 1.5m
    Spread: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Spreading
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    This dwarf, low-growing version of doublefile viburnum creates dozens of new landscaping opportunities. Its strongly horizontal impact makes it ideal for planting on walls or permanent planter boxes, as well as for planting at the front of beds or along walkways. 

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Like other viburnum, Wabi-Sabi needs little special care. Plant in well-drained soil and sun to part sun for best results. Pruning should  not be required regularly, but if you wish to prune, do so after flowering. 

    Fun Facts: 

    Both viburnums and hydrangeas can have either mophead or lacecap style flowers. Mophead flowers have a majority of showy sterile florets for a big, snowball effect; lacecap have more fertile florets for a starry effect. As plants in the wild tend to exhibit the lacecap variation naturally, lacecap forms generally look more at home in informal or woodland landscapes.

    Wabi-Sabi® Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum 'SMVPTFD' USPP 29,553, Can PBRAF
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