This large shrub to small tree has upright greyish stems with spreading branches that form a compact habit. It has yellow-green elliptical leaves that turn bronze during autumn and the small wheel-shaped white flowers appear in clusters during late spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Viburnum sieboldiiis naturally found in Japan growing in woodlands on the coast and inland in well drained fertile moist soils that are tending acidic. It prefers an open sunny position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Siebold Viburnum is grown for its flowers and its upright habit. It is planted in garden borders for screening or around buildings and as a specimen in large gardens. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 3 to 4 years in optimum conditions. It can be trimmed to form an informal hedge. ID 2747

Viburnum(vee-BUR-num) sieboldii(see-BOLD-ee-eye)

Caprifoliaceae (cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee)
This family consists of many ornamental shrubs and vines