Pinkawai
Viburnum plicatum Pinkawai® is a shrub with deep green leaves and many small, sterile buds. The buds open to large pink umbels that turn white later in the season. After flowering, decorative bright red berries appear and turn black as they ripen. The plant flowers from mid-April to June, and sometimes a second time in autumn. It grows very compactly and grows between 80 and 100 centimetres tall, making it extremely suitable as a solitary plant in borders or public flower beds. Like the other varieties, this Viburnum requires little maintenance.
Plant height up to 100cm.
General info
Viburnum plicatum or Japanese snowball is a deciduous ornamental shrub with bright red berries and light pink to bright white flowers. The varieties of Bestselect flower very compactly, which makes them very suitable for public borders or smaller gardens.
Maintenance
Viburnum is a hardy plant that prefers full sunlight or partial shade. It is not very demanding but prefers a well-drained, humus-rich, mildly acidic to neutral soil. Because of its compacted growth it hardly requires any pruning – it suffices to remove dead branches in springtime.
