Viburnum plicatum f. plicatum
(Japanese snowball bush)

Spreading, bushy, deciduous shrub with heart-shaped, tapered, toothed, deeply veined, dark green leaves, to 10cm (4in) long, turning red-purple in autumn. In late spring, bears saucer-shaped sterile white flowers, to 3cm (1¼in) across, in dense, spherical, terminal cymes, 8cm (3in) across. Does not produce fruit.

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Nanum Semperflorens'
syn. 'Nanum', 'Watanabe'. Viburnum semperflorens, V. watanabie, is low-growing and compact, blooming over a long period from late spring to autumn.

Source: The Royal Horticultural Society 'A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants K-Z', page 1076.

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