Viburnum × burkwoodii
Species of flowering plant
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Viburnum × burkwoodii, the Burkwood viburnum, is a hybrid flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae). It is a cross of garden origin between V. carlesii and V. utile, grown for its early, strongly scented flowers.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Viburnaceae |
| Genus: | Viburnum |
| Species: | V. × burkwoodii |
| Binomial name | |
| Viburnum × burkwoodii Burkwood & Skipwith | |
Growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall and broad, V. × burkwoodii is a deciduous shrub with glossy, dark green oval leaves on well-branching, stiff stems. The sweetly scented flowers are pinkish white, borne in spring, and followed later in the season by red fruits ripening to black.[1]
The specific epithet burkwoodii refers to the 19th-century hybridisers Arthur and Albert Burkwood.[2]
Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which ‘Mohawk’[3] and 'Park Farm Hybrid'[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]
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