Viburnum × pragense
Common name: 
Prague Viburnum
Pronunciation: 
vi-BER-num prag-EN-se
Family: 
Adoxaceae, Caprifoliaceae
Genus: 
Viburnum
Synonyms: 
Viburnum pragense
Viburnum ‘Pragense’
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf evergreen shrub, upright oval habit, fast growing, to 10 ft (3 m) tall, similar width.  Leaves simple, opposite, narrow elliptic, 5-10 cm long, margin sparsely serranted, upper side glossy dark green, "corrugated", white felt (pubescence) below.   Flowers small white, pink in bud, in clusters 5-10 cm wide; slightly fragrant.  Fruit is red, finally black.
  • Sun to part shade
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 5     A hybrid resulting from a cross of V. rhytidophyllum and V. utile, first raised in Prague.
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