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Burkwood viburnum Caprifoliaceae Viburnum xburkwoodii Burkwood & Skipw. [carlesii x utile] Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol: VIBU4
Leaf: Opposite, simple, ovate, irregularly toothed, 2 to 4 inches long, shiny green above, paler and pubescent beneath, leaves remain long into the early winter.
Flower: Showy, displayed in 2 to 4 inches dense, terminal clusters of white (may be tinged in pink) flowers, each 1/2 inch across, 5 petals, very fragrant, appearing with the leaves.
Fruit: Elliptical drupe, 1/3 inch long, somewhat flattened, brick red in the fall but turning black after frosts.
Twig: Slender, scruffy gray-brown; vegetative buds are naked and scruffy gray-brown; flower buds in large terminal clusters (1/4 to 1/2 inch across).
Bark: Smooth gray-brown with numerous lenticels.
Form: A rounded, moderately dense shrub reaching 5 to 10 feet tall.
 Looks like: Koreanspice viburnum - linden viburnum - doublefile viburnum - wayfaringtree viburnum

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Additional Range Information: Viburnum xburkwoodii is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and is not known to widely escape cultivaton. Download the full-size PDF map.
External Links: USDA Plants Database
All material 2025 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information