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Yin® David viburnum Viburnum  

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter
Mature Size
4' 4' 1.2m 1.2m
Height: 2' - 4'
Spread: 4'
Height: 61cm - 1.2m
Spread: 1.2m
  • Details

    24 - 48 Inches
    48 - 48 Inches
    48 - 48 Inches
    61cm - 1.2m
    1.2m
    1.2m

    Features

    Satisfy your need for handsome, high-quality foliage with Yin viburnum! This innovative new selection from Dr. Tom Ranney combines the timeless, sophisticated evergreen foliage of David viburnum with the heat tolerance of Chinese viburnum for a useful plant that goes well beyond its former mild-climate-only range. Thick, leathery leaves are deeply veined and are accompanied by white flowers in spring. If planted with companion Yang viburnum, you'll also look forward to amazing blue fruits. It's a true four-season beauty!

    Available in better garden centers in spring 2021.

    Top reasons to grow Yin viburnum:

    • More heat tolerant than David viburnum
    • Extremely attractive foliage looks great everywhere
    • Showy flowers and fruit in spring and summer
    Produces Berries
    Foliage Interest
    Fall Interest
    Winter Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Rabbits

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Evergreen
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    24 - 48 Inches 61cm - 1.2m
    Spacing: 
    48 Inches 1.2m
    Spread: 
    48 Inches 1.2m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Flower Shade: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade to Shade
    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to 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: 
    7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Good for Screening
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Viburnums are often used in landscaping around homes and make a nice hedge or edging.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Viburnums are very low maintenance plants. They don't require regular pruning, though it's a good idea to remove very old stems each year after the plant has been established for several years, as old stems do not flower and fruit as abundantly as younger ones. Berry-producing viburnums like Yin and Yang should not be pruned at all; plant at least one of each within 50'/15.25m of one another to ensure a good fruit set on both. Note: even though Yin and Yang viburnums appear to be identical, it is essential to plant at least one of each selection if you want berries to develop. 

    Plant in well-drained soil. Viburnums are quite shade tolerant, but habit, flowering, and fruiting will be best if the plant gets some sun. 

    If desired, fertilize in early spring with a granular fertilizer formulated for woody plants, like a rose fertilizer. 

    Yin® Viburnum   'NCVX2' USPP 33,479
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    • This plant and Yang were the first two Proven Winners plants that I purchased and I just love them. Both have been in the ground since November 2021. I purchased both from a local grower / nursery. Both shrubs are in a location that gets brutal western sun practically all day long. They have withstood our NC 7b heat and humidity fabulously. Love them so much that I'm thinking of lining my driveway with them;

      Mavis Jones
      , North Carolina
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
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