This is an old-fashioned plant brought over to the US in the late 1800's from Japan, planted more often in the late 1800's and to the mid...Read More-1900's than now. I have seen a few of this shrub in Illinois and in Pennsylvania, usually as a single specimen in the average yard. It is still sold by some cheap mail order nurseries and a few conventional nurseries. On May 10th I rode around the old borough in which I dwell in southeast PA and found 4 different specimens in different yards with the old houses from the 1890's to the 1920's. What is strange about this viburnum is that it has received the species name of just V. plicatum when it is a sterile plant that does not produce pollen (& nectar) or seed to reproduce itself. Its flower clusters are only of the showy infertile florets without the normal tiny fertile florets also being present. It is the same idea as what happens with Hydrangeas of "lacecap" vs "mophead;" this is the latter. It would be better designated as a cultivar. The real species is the Doublefile Viburnum of V. plicatum tomentosum that is fertile and should be the regular species instead.
This is an old-fashioned plant brought over to the US in the late 1800's from Japan, planted more often in the late 1800's and to the mid...Read More