First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum

Categories: Large Shrubs (Deciduous), Plants, Shrubs

First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘PIIVIB-I’)A truly breathtaking shrub when in bloom; baseball sized emerging blooms with a tinge of green mature quickly to snowy white; attractive upward branching and good fall color; makes a fantastic specimen shrub

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:

10 feet

Average Landscape Width:

8 feet

Growth Rate:

medium

Genus:

Viburnum

Species:

plicatum

Cultivar:

PIIVIB-II

Flower Color:

white

Flower Period:

from mid to late spring

Summer Foliage Color:

dark green

Fall Color:

red

Minimum Light:

partial shade

Maximum Light:

full sun

Minimum Moisture:

average

Maximum Moisture:

moist

Plant Form:

upright spreading

Canopy:

low

Pruning:

prune after flowering

Pollution Tolerance:

high

Branching:

multi-stemmed

Flower Bicolor:

lime green

Flower Bud Color:

lime green

Ornamental Features

First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum is draped in stunning balls of white flowers with lime green overtones held atop the branches from mid to late spring, which emerge from distinctive lime green flower buds. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The serrated pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of red and in the fall.

Landscape Attributes

First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Planting & Growing

First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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First Editions® Opening Day™ Doublefile Viburnum

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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