Viburnum henryi Hemsl.

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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.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-henryi/). Accessed 2025-07-08.

Family

  • Viburnaceae

Genus

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
perfect
(botanical) All parts present and functional. Usually referring to both androecium and gynoecium of a flower.
stellate
Star-shaped.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Viburnum henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-henryi/). Accessed 2025-07-08.

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 134 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, 12 to 34 in. long. Panicles stiff, pyramidal, 2 to 4 in. wide at the base, and about as long; flowers perfect and uniform, fragrant, white, 14 in. across, opening about midsummer. Fruits oval, 13 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.