Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Korean Spice Viburnum, Koreanspice Viburnum
Description
Physical Description
ID Features: Small, black, egg-shaped drupe. Deciduous leaves in an opposite arrangement. Lobed leaves with dentate leaf margins.
Habit: A small, multi-stemmed rounded deciduous shrub with upright spreading branches.
Flowers: Yellowish-white flowers. 1" to 3" cyme. Terminal . Blooms in June. • Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: clusters of waxy pink flowers that fade to white
Seeds: Fruit: Black fruit, drupe. Egg-shaped. 0.33" in diameter. Ripens in September. Persists.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite leaf arrangement . Simple , deciduous leave. Ovate leaf shape. 3-lobed leaves. 2" to 4" long. Dentate leaf margins. Somewhat pubescent . Dark green leaf color. • Fall foliage: Reddish-purple fall color.
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Slow. • Size: to 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, or up to 8 feet in old age.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Shrub borders . Naturalizing. Mass plantings . For fruiting effect. • Liabilities: Bacterial leaf spot. Nematodes . Rootstocks tend to sucker. • Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring .
Habitat
Zone 5, or warmer parts of 4.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Prefers well-drained, mildly acidic soil. Full sun to shade. Flowers on new wood . Buy plants on their own rootstocks to avoid sucking.
Soil: Minimum pH: 7.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full to partial sun
Moisture: Water Requirements: Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 8 (>90 to 120 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
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- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
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- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
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- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
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)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Order:
Dipsacales
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- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
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- Subclass:
Asteridae
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- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
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- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Viburnum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 211 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
V. acerifolium (Arrowwood) · V. acerifolium var. acerifolium (Mapleleaf Arrowwood) · V. acerifolium var. densiflorum (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acerifolium var. glabrescens (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acerifolium var. ovatum (Mapleleaf Viburnum) · V. acuminatum (Viburnum) · V. aff. odoratissimum 'Arboricolum' (Viburnum 'arboricolum') · V. atrocyaneum (Viburnum) · V. awabuki 'Chindo' (Chindo Sweet Viburnum) · V. betulifolium (Birchleaf Viburnum) · V. bitchiuense (Bitchiu Viburnum) · V. bracteatum (Bracted Arrowwood) · V. bracteatum emerald (Emerald Luster Viburnum) · V. buddleifolium (Buddlejaleaf Viburnum) · V. burejaeticum (Manchurian Viburnum) · V. carlesi (Carlesi Viburnum) · V. carlesii (Korean Spice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Aurora' (Aurora Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Charis' (Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Compactum' (Compact Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. carlesii 'Diana' (Diana Koreanspice Viburnum) · V. chingii (Chinese Viburnum) · V. cinnamomifolium (Cinnamomum-Leafed Viburnum) · V. cylindricum (Viburnum) · V. davidii (David Viburnum) · V. davidii 'Longleaf' (Davids Viburnum) · V. deamii (Deams Viburnum) · V. dentatum (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum L. var. lucidum Aiton (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum L. var. scabrellum Torr. & Gray (Arrow-Wood Viburnum) · V. dentatum var. deamii (Deam's Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. dentatum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. lucidum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. scabrellum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum var. venosum (Southern Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Autumn Jazz' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Blue Muffin' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Chicago Lustre' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Christom' (Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Christom Blue Muffin' (Christom Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Moonglow' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Morton' (Northern Burgundy® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Northern Burgundy' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Patzam' (Pathfinder Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Perle Bleu' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Ralph Senior' (Autumn Jazz® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dentatum 'Red Feather' (Arrowwood) · V. dentatum 'Synnestvedt' (Chicago Lustre® Arrowwood Viburnum) · V. dilatatum (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum asian (Asian Beauty Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Asian Beauty' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum 'Cardinal Candy' (Cardinal Candy Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Catskill' (Catskill Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Erie' (Erie Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Henneke' (Henneke Cardinal Candy Linden Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Iroquois' (Iroquous Viburnum) · V. dilatatum 'Michael Dodge' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. dilatatum 'Mt. Airy' (Linden Arrowwood) · V. edule (Few-Flowered Highbush Cranberry) · V. ellipticum (Common Viburnum) · V. farreri (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. farreri 'Album' (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. farreri 'Nanum' (Fragrant Viburnum) · V. fragrans (Culver's Root) · V. grandiflorum (Flowering Viburnum) · V. grandiflorum 'De Oirsprong' (Viburnum 'de Oirsprong') · V. harryanum (Harrys Viburnum) · V. henryi (Henry Viburnum) · V. hupehense (Viburnum) · V. ichangense (Viburnum) · V. jackii (Jack's Viburnum) · V. japonicum (Japanese Viburnum) · V. japonicum 'Variegatum' (Japanese Viburnum) · V. lantana (Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Aureum' (Wayfaringtree) · V. lantana 'Candy' (Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Mohican' (Mohican Viburnum) · V. lantana 'Variegata' (Variegated Wayfaring Tree) · V. lantana 'Variegatum' (Wayfaringtree) · V. lantanoides (Hobblebush) · V. lentago (Nanny-Berry) · V. luzonicum (Luzon Viburnum) · V. macrocephalum (Chinese Snowball Bush) · V. macrocephalum 'Sterile' (Chinese Snowball Bush) · V. maculatum (Orjenska Hudika) · V. molle (Kentucky Viburnum) · V. mullaha (Viburnum) · V. nudum (Narrowleaf Witherod Viburnum) · V. nudum earth (Earth Shade Viburnum) · V. nudum var. cassinoides (Appalachian Tea) · V. nudum var. nudum (Possumhaw) · V. nudum'Earthshade' (Earthshade Possumhaw) · V. nudum 'Winterthur' (Appalachian Tea) · V. obovatum (Small-Leaf Arrowwood) · V. obovatum 'Densa' (Dwarf Walter's Viburnum) · V. obovatum 'Mrs. Schiller's Delight' (Dwarf Walters Viburnum) · V. odoratissimum (Sweet Arrowwood) · V. odoratissimum var. awabuki (Sweet Viburnum) · V. odoratissimum var. awabuki 'Chindo' (Sweet Viburnum) · V. opulus (American Cranberrybush)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 119.
- Addisonia: colored illustrations and popular descriptions of plants. 13 1928 New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1916-[1964]. url plate 421, p. 9.
- Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974. url p. 72, p. 83.
- Curtis's botanical magazine. 133 1907 London; New York [etc.]: Academic Press [etc.] url .
- Flora of Japan: in English: combined, much revised and extended translation / by the author of his Flora of Japan (1953) and Flora of Japan, Pteridophyta (1957); edited by Frederick G. Meyer and Egbert H. Walker. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. url p. 4, p. 834, p. 836.
- Flora of the Queen Charlotte Islands. [Ottawa: Queen's Printer], 1968-. url p. 53.
- Horticulture. Boston, Mass.: Horticulture Pub. Co., c1904- url p. 656.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 96.
- Irish gardening. Dublin: Pub. Office, 1906-1922 url .
- Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze Valley, China. Corvallis, Oregon State College[1958] url p. 374, p. 375, p. 619.
- Pages from a garden note-book, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1921. url , p. 141.
- Pamphlets on silviculture. [1899- url p. 1100.
- Plant growth-substances; their chemistry and applications, with special reference to synthetics, by Hugh Nicol. Brooklyn, N Y., Chemical publishing company, inc., 1941. url , .
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 1016.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 455.
- The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url , p. 168, p. 185, p. 208, p. 413.
- The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 242, p. 261, p. 306, p. 345, p. 361.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 620.
- The greening of Boston: trees and shrubs in the city. 1978. url p. 19.
- The well-considered garden, by Mrs. Francis King, with preface by Gertrude Jekyll. New York, Scribner, 1922. url p. 188, p. 222.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Plant
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5858996
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149599-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 149599-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 708345
