Viburnum Kilamandjaro Sunrise Snowball Bush

Genus:Viburnum
Species:plicatum
Variety:’JWW 5′
ppaf:PP27,552
Item Form:2-Quart
Zone:5 – 9
Bloom Start to End:Late Spring – Early Summer
Habit:Upright
Height:7 ft
Width:3 ft
Additional Characteristics:Award Winner,Berries,Bird Lovers,Easy Care Plants
Bloom Color:Light Pink,White
Foliage Color:Medium Green
Light Requirements:Full Sun,Part Shade
Moisture Requirements:Moist, well-drained
Soil Tolerance:Normal, loamy
Uses:Beds,Border,Fall Color,Specimen;Restrictions: *Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:Canada,Arizona,Guam,Hawaii,Puerto Rico,Virgin Islands,Idaho

RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2015

Viburnum Kilamandjaro Sunrise is a flowering deciduous shrub offering 3 seasons of interest, blooming in late spring to early summer, but it may sporadically bloom throughout the growing season. Kilamandjaro Sunrise has a beautiful multi-stemmed architecture of tiered, horizontal branching, giving it a lovely layered and medium-textured appearance. Borne all along the branches, flat-topped, lacecap-like white flower clusters blush pink and appear “doublefile,” with one on each side of a node. Large, well-developed, glossy red fruits follow the flowers in midsummer, providing sustenance for birds. And in fall, the foliage turns fiery red.

A Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum species, commonly called snowball bush or doublefile viburnum, Kilamandjaro Sunrise has an average rate of growth and a dense, distinct habit that is more upright and conical than the species. It’s a spectacular specimen but is shown to best effect massed or grouped in beds, borders, or foundation plantings. And it makes a great hedge or privacy screen.

Cold hardy and easy care, doublefile viburnum grows best in sunny to partly sunny locations with moderately fertile, moist, well-draining soils, but it adapts to most soils, except very wet ones. Best flowering and fall color occurs with a minimum of 4 to 6 hours of sun a day. Only mature plants should be pruned, and any desired pruning should be done in summer immediately after flowering.