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'Viburnum 'Juddii'' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Since the two parents are now both regarded as varieties of V. carlesii, the name Viburnum × juddii (a nothospecies) is no longer valid. Regarded as a selection of V. carlesii, rather than an interspecific hybrid, a cultivar name is more appropriate, thus we adopt V. carlesii ’Juddii’ - the latinate cultivar name being permitted in this case.
A hybrid between V. carlesii var. carlesii (seed-parent) and V. carlesii var. bitchiuense (syn. V. bitchiuense), raised by William H. Judd at the Arnold Arboretum in 1920, though not described and named until 1935. In its botanical characters it is intermediate between the parents. The corymbs are rather laxer than in V. carlesii and a trifle wider with more numerous not quite so sweetly scented flowers. It is a plant of good constitution, growing to about 5 ft high. Award of Garden Merit 1960.