Summer Snowflake Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 8 feet tall8 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Summer Snowflake' Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake') is a shrub for borders, hedges, and specimen planting. 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 soil of most types. It grows fast into a dense shrub, so give it plenty of room to spread. Bees, butterflies, and birds visit it, and the leaves turn color in fall.
Pairs well with Virginia sweetspire, Amur maple, Indian grass, and Bluebell.