Viburnum henryi
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Viburnum henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Other taxa in genus
- Viburnum acerifolium
- Viburnum atrocyaneum
- Viburnum betulifolium
- Viburnum × bodnantense
- Viburnum buddleifolium
- Viburnum burejaeticum
- Viburnum × burkwoodii
- Viburnum × carlcephalum
- Viburnum carlesii
- Viburnum cassinoides
- Viburnum cinnamomifolium
- Viburnum cotinifolium
- Viburnum cylindricum
- Viburnum dasyanthum
- Viburnum davidii
- Viburnum deamii
- Viburnum dentatum
- Viburnum dilatatum
- Viburnum edule
- Viburnum erosum
- Viburnum erubescens
- Viburnum farreri
- Viburnum foetidum
- Viburnum 'Fulbrook'
- Viburnum furcatum
- Viburnum × globosum
- Viburnum grandiflorum
- Viburnum harryanum
- Viburnum × hillieri
- Viburnum hupehense
- Viburnum japonicum
- Viburnum 'Juddii'
- Viburnum kansuense
- Viburnum lantana
- Viburnum lantanoides
- Viburnum lentago
- Viburnum lobophyllum
- Viburnum macrocephalum
- Viburnum molle
- Viburnum mullaha
- Viburnum nudum
- Viburnum odoratissimum
- Viburnum 'Oneida'
- Viburnum opulus
- Viburnum orientale
- Viburnum parvifolium
- Viburnum phlebotrichum
- Viburnum plicatum
- Viburnum plicatum cultivars
- Viburnum 'Pragense'
- Viburnum propinquum
- Viburnum prunifolium
- Viburnum rafinesqueanum
- Viburnum recognitum
- Viburnum × rhytidocarpum
- Viburnum × rhytidophylloides
- Viburnum rhytidophyllum
- Viburnum rigidum
- Viburnum rufidulum
- Viburnum sargentii
- Viburnum schensianum
- Viburnum setigerum
- Viburnum sieboldii
- Viburnum suspensum
- Viburnum sympodiale
- Viburnum tinus
- Viburnum trilobum
- Viburnum utile
- Viburnum veitchii
- Viburnum wrightii
An erect, evergreen shrub becoming 10 ft high, and having a tree-like habit; branchlets stiff, glabrous. Leaves narrowly oval, oblong or obovate, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 13⁄4 in. wide, shortly pointed, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, shallowly toothed, dark shining green above, paler beneath, glabrous on both sides or slightly furnished with stellate down on the stalk and midrib; stalk slightly winged, 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. long. Panicles stiff, pyramidal, 2 to 4 in. wide at the base, and about as long; flowers perfect and uniform, fragrant, white, 1⁄4 in. across, opening about midsummer. Fruits oval, 1⁄3 in. long, at first red, then black. Bot. Mag., t. 8393.
Native of Central China; discovered by Henry in 1887 in the Patung district of Hupeh; introduced by Wilson in 1901. It is distinct among hardy viburnums in its long, narrowish, nearly or quite glabrous leaves, and its stiff, thin, erect, formally branched habit; also in its pyramidal panicles (but see V. erubescens below). It was given a First Class Certificate in September 1910 for its beauty in fruit, and an Award of Garden Merit in 1936.
