Pink Sensation Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Sensation'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 10 feet tall6 to 12 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Pink
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Pink Sensation' Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Sensation') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, and hedges. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast and forms a dense shrub with pink blooms from spring into early summer. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers, and the leaves turn color in fall.
Pairs well with Rose of sharon, Blue mistflower, and Casa Blanca lily.