Viburnum dentatum var. scabrellum

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viburnum scabrellum, Chapm. (V. dentatum var. semi-tomentosum, Michx. V. molle, American Auth., not Michx.). Shrub, to 6 ft.: branches reddish brown; branchlets rough with stellate pubescence: lvs. ovate, rarely broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, remotely dentate with broad shallow teeth, or crenately dentate, glabrous or slightly pubescent above, stellate-pubescent beneath, 1 1/2 - 4 in. long: cymes rather densely stellate- pubescent: fr. globose-ovoid, 1/3 in. long, bluish black. June; fr. in Sept., Oct. Pa. to Fla. and Texas. B.B. (ed. 2) 3:271. — Has proved not quite hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.