Chinese snowball viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 10 feet tall6 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Chinese snowball viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum) is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows into a rounded form and gets 72 to 120 inches tall and wide. Large white flower clusters appear in spring and again in summer, and butterflies visit them. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything.
Pairs well with Bigleaf hydrangea, Japanese forest grass, and Abiqua Drinking Gourd hosta.
Native range
Southeastern China.