Viburnum tinus L.

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'Clyne Castle'

A hardy selection with large glossy leaves.

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'Eve Price'

Of compact habit, with smaller leaves than normal. Flowers bright pink in the bud. Award of Merit 1961. The original plant grows at Wakehurst Place in Sussex, and was bought by Gerald Loder from Messrs Dickson of Chester.

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'French White'

A vigorous form, often sold for hedging as V. tinus simply. Young stems hairy; leaves moderately glossy. Flowers white when fully open.

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'Gwenllian'

Leaves dull green, elliptic-oblong, shorter than in most forms of the species. Flowers in small but very numerous trusses, rich pink in the bud, blush when expanded. Fruits freely borne. The original plant of this very attractive viburnum grows at Kew, where it was selected and named by the late Sydney Pearce. It is about 10 ft high and 15 ft wide.

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'Hirtum'

Shoots, leaf-stalks and bases of the leaves clothed with bristly hairs. Leaves larger than normal and of a different shape, being as much as 3 to 4 in. long and 2 in. wide, rounded or even slightly heart-shaped at the base, and once grown for early flowering in cool greenhouses. The provenance of this form, described in previous editions, is unknown, but a similar plant received an Award of Merit when shown from Highdown in 1939; this was raised from seeds collected by E. A. Bowles in Algeria.The laurustinus grown in gardens early in the 19th century as var. hirtum, which was probably the var. hirtum of Aiton and the var. hirsutum of Weston, had hairy foliage but the leaves were of normal size and it was hardy.

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'Lucidum'

In habit this is more open, and less compact than the type, and altogether a stronger grower. It also bears larger leaves and trusses, and the individual flower is nearly {1/2} in. across, sometimes pinkish. The largest leaves are 4 in. long, and 2{1/2} in. wide. Very useful and effective in the milder counties, it is not so hardy as the type. The varietal name refers to the glabrous, burnished young shoots, and to the glossy surfaces of the leaf, the lower one with only a few tufts of hairs in the vein-axils. (V. lucidum Mill.; V. tinus var. lucidum (Mill.) Ait.; V. tinus splendens West.).Whether or not the plant described above is clonally the same as the one known to Miller it is impossible to say, but everything that Miller said about his plant agrees with the above. The origin of neither is known, but Martyn, in his edition of Miller’s Dictionary (1807) gives ‘Mount Atlas and Barbary’ as the habitat of var. lucidum. It is likely, however, that there are several clones or seedlings in gardens. The plant that received an Award of Merit in 1972 was shown by Miss Godman from her garden at South Lodge near Horsham. In this the flowers are almost {1/2} in. across.A clone in commerce as ‘Lucidum’ has leaves no more than 2 in. long on the flowering shoots, though to almost twice that length on strong growths. Correctly named or not, it is one of the finest and hardiest of the cultivars, with bright green, very glossy leaves, and one of the last to open its flowers.

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'Purpureum'

Leaves dark green, tinged with purple.

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'Pyramidale' ('Strictum')

Of erect habit, suitable for hedges.subsp. rigidum (Vent.) P. Silva – See V. rigidum, but the subspecific status for this is probably more appropriate.subsp. subcordatum (Trel.) P. Silva – Leaves broadly elliptic, truncate to slightly cordate at the base. There is variation in the amount of hairs on the vegetative parts, as in Mediterranean plants. The inflorescence is up to 4 in. wide, rather dense in some plants. Native of the Azores, but forms similar in most respects occur in N. Africa.

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'Variegatum'

A portion of the leaf, sometimes all one side, yellow. This is tender.