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Spice Cowboy Koreanspice Viburnum Viburnum carlesii

Flower Season
  • Spring
Mature Size
10' 5' 3.0m 1.5m
Height: 6' - 10'
Spread: 4' - 5'
Height: 1.8m - 3.0m
Spread: 1.2m - 1.5m
  • 72 - 120 Inches
    48 - 60 Inches
    48 - 60 Inches
    1.8m - 3.0m
    1.2m - 1.5m
    1.2m - 1.5m

    Features

    Spice Cowboy viburnum's flowers are massive, snowball-like, and have an incredibly intense fragrance. The kind of scent you walk across a garden in search of. A jaw-dropping fall color display wraps up the growing season with a bang, it delivers vibrant fall color in shades of red, burgundy, and orange. It can be grown as a large shrub or trained into a multi-stemmed tree. Either way, it will delight you as a specimen, hedge, or near buildings to soften hard lines.

    Top reasons to grow Spice Girl viburnum:

    • Two powerful seasons of interest
    • Impressive landscape presence
    • Lovely fragrance
    Fragrant Flower
    Produces Berries
    Fall Interest
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Tall
    Garden Height: 
    72 - 120 Inches 1.8m - 3.0m
    Spacing: 
    48 - 60 Inches 1.2m - 1.5m
    Spread: 
    48 - 60 Inches 1.2m - 1.5m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Flower Shade: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Specimen plant; foundation plantings; mixed borders.

    PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you'll need another carlesii (same species) but a different cultivar (Spice Baby or Spice Girl).

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Prefers medium, well-drained soil. Trim to shape after flowering.

    Spice Cowboy Viburnum carlesii 'SMNVCST' USPPAF, Can PBRAF
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