Large light pink to white flower clusters bloom mid spring, filling the air with sweetly spicy fragrance. This attractive 4- to 6-ft. shrub has dark green foliage which turns reddish in the fall. Small berries mature from red to blue-black and hang all winter providing food for birds. Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Compact, rounded bushy shrub with good growth characteristics makes it perfect for the landscape as a hedge or a screen. In spring the bush is covered with deep pink buds that open to pinkish white blooms emitting a sweetly spicy fragrance. Blooms are replaced in summer with red fruit that will turn blue-black and is attractive to birds. Green foliage often turns bright red to deep burgandy in the fall. Highly desired for rich wonderful fragrance.
Planting care and other resources:
About.com Landscaping:
http://landscaping.about.com/od/shrubsbushes/p/koreanspice.htm
About.com Gardening:
http://gardening.about.com/od/treesshrubs/ig/Top-Shrubs-for-the-Home-Garden/Koreanspice-Viburnum.htm
Viburnum 'Carlesii'
Sun: full sun to partial shade
Height: 4 to 6ft
Width: 4 to 6ft
Water: average
Growth Rate: average
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
Soil: moist, well drained, slightly acidic
Flower: Reddish-pink buds open up to light pink to white blooms
Seed: red to black fruit
Foliage: Elliptical leaves dark green, some reddish fall color
Fall Color: brilliant red to dull burgandy