Wrinkled-leaved viburnum

Family Caprifoliaceae. Native to Central and Western China.

Evergreen shrub up to 3 m tall, with erect, densely woolly-pubescent shoots. Leaves thick, from ovate-elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, glossy, wrinkled, reticulate beneath, covered with a thick gray or yellowish felt, margins entire, up to 19 cm long. Flowers yellowish-gray, in terminal, corymb-like inflorescences, up to 20 cm across; buds appear in autumn, but they flower in the spring of the following year. Fruits ovoid, small, initially red, then black, glossy, up to 0.8 cm.

This shrub grows very quickly. Shade-tolerant. Undemanding as to soil. Drought-tolerant. Good in specimen plantings and small loose groups.