Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Spring flowering shrubs/trees, 4 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
That is probably 'Dream Catcher' - but as "borrowed scenery" from another's garden I wouldn't presume to be absolutely sure. The species does NOT have anything like this color foliage that I've ever seen.

Since Pseudo opened the box, Pandora is gonna let him have it.

Viburnum macrocephalum 'Sterile' is the end result of millenia of selection for excess bracts in the inflorescences of this species. Chinese Snowball Viburnum is sterile, because there are no male or female parts in these Big Heads composed of showy bracts.

The fertile species plant is known as Viburnum macrocephalum f. keteleeri. It has a lacecap style flower, with fertile parts in the center ringed by showy bracts. It looks for all the world like a Doublefile Viburnum on steroids.

While you should proudly be growing both plants, zone 6 is more the agreeable northerly limit for this species.