Taxon

Viburnum × juddii

 
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Viburnum × juddii - Judd viburnum
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Common name: Judd viburnum
Family: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
Distribution: hybrid: Viburnum bitchiuense × V. carlesii
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: This popular hybrid selection of desciduous flowering shrub has very fragrant, semi-snowball flower clusters (cymes) in early spring. It was first propagated and named for William H. Judd who introduced it at the Arnold Arboretum in 1920. This hybrid grows 4-6' tall and slightly wider in 10 years. Flower buds are produced in late summer for the following springs blooms so do not prune late in the season. Fall color is often red to burgundy. This makes a nice deciduous hedge or low screen and is best placed where the fragrance can be enjoyed in April.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder • RHS Horticultural Database • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AK09 (AK09) • Accession: D2012-0494.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWD: AK09 (AK09) • Accession: D2012-0494.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: FLS: BS22 (BS22) • Accession: D1979-0099.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: VCA: AV13 (AV13) • Accession: D2010-0188.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: VCA: AV13 (AV13) • Accession: D2010-0188.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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