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Standardised plant on stem. Shrub with quite coarse green foliage, carmine red buds appear in late winter and open to white blooms tinged pink. Flowers are lightly perfumed and followed by dark blue berries. Easy to grow in sun or light shade. Responds well to pruning. Evergreen.

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A beautiful, spreading, deciduous shrub that produces rounded pink flower buds that open up to a display of lightly scented, creamy-white, tinged pink flowers in late Spring, early Summer. A hardy shrub that likes full sun or part shade. Prune when they are Winter dormant for shape and size.

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A compact shrub with quite coarse green foliage, carmine pink buds appear in late winter and open to white blooms tinged pink. Flowers are lightly perfumed and followed by dark blue berries. Easy to grow in sun or light shade. Responds well to pruning. Evergreen. RHS AGM.

While 'Gwenllian' is self-fertile, planting it near other Viburnums can sometimes lead to even heavier berry production due to cross-pollination

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aka Japanese Viburnum

This is a top performing shrub for a semi-shaded position. The glossy green foliage always looks good and is complemented by clusters of small white fragrant flowers in spring. These are sometimes followed by scarlet berries. Protect from afternoon sun. Evergreen.

This variety is not self-fertile, so you need two genetically distinct plants in order to get berries.

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Add some softness to your spring garden with this delightful deciduous Viburnum. Tiered layers of branches are draped with white, lacy florets in late spring. The fresh green foliage has an oval shape and is attractively serrated. Quite easy to grow and tolerant of most conditions. Deciduous, Hardy.

While Lanarth is monoecious and self-fertile, cross-pollination is recommended for best berry production.

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aka Chinese Snowball Tree

Huge rounded trusses of white 'snowball' flowers open from green buds in early summer. The dark leathery summer foliage as red and yellow autumn tones prior to leaf fall. Happy in sun or part shade and hardy to most conditions except hot dry wind. Lovely background shrub. Deciduous.

In milder climates this large shrub is sometimes semi-evergreen i.e. not all the leaves fall in winter. It is sterile and unlikely to produce berries.

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aka Viburnum

A beautiful shrub with mid green pointed leaves with serrated edges that lay in tiers along the branches. The large, creamy white flowers open out in the spring and smother the bush in beautiful bloom. Small red berries that turn black follow the flowers. Plant in sun or part shade. Deciduous.

While Mariesii is self-fertile, you will generally get more berries if you plant more than one Viburnum plicatum cultivar (such as 'Summer Snowflake') nearby for cross-pollination

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A beautiful dwarf form of this worthy flowering shrub. In late spring snowy clusters of white snowball blooms decorate the ends of the branches. Attractive serrated fresh green foliage that turns deep burgundy prior to leaf fall. Neat and tidy habit. Plant in sun or part shade. Deciduous.

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aka Snowball Tree

The main feature of this deciduous shrub is the large globular, white, 'snowball' flower-heads that appear in spring. Forms an open, graceful shrub with green leaves that have good autumn colour. Easy to grow and a firm favourite for good reason. Deciduous.

As the name suggests, this variety is sterile, and so, should not produce berries.

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'Pink Beauty' is a spreading medium-sized deciduous shrub. It has ovate, attractively veined leaves that turn purplish in autumn. Flowers form in flat, lacecap heads of creamy-white, ageing to pink, sometimes followed by red (later black) berries. Deciduous.

While Pink Beauty can produce berries on its own, planting another Viburnum plicatum (e.g. Mariesii) should increase berry production