This hybrid shrub forms a compact erect rounded habit with a mass of ascending arching branches. The dark glossy green rounded leaves turn crimson during autumn and the perfumed tube-shaped white flowers appear in a cluster during spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10

Viburnum x burkwoodii is naturally found in England growing in thickets and along woodland margins. It grows in most well drained fertile moist sandy to clay soils that are tending acid in an open sunny to semi shaded position and is wind, drought and frost tolerant.

The hardy Burkwood Viburnum is grown for its fragrant flowers and its bushy habit. It is planted along a garden borders for screening or trimmed to form a hedge. It is also used in fragrant gardens as a specimen in a small garden. It is suitable for cool regions and establishes in 3-5 years and is moderately long lived.ID 71

Viburnum (vee-BUR-num) x burkwoodii (burk-WUD-ee-eye)

Caprifoliaceae (cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee)