Viburnum rhytidophillum

Planted: 1921

This shrub is on the southern side of the South Loop.

Purchased from Hillier Nurseries, Romsey, Hampshire in January 1921.

Distribution:	Native to central and western China.
Habit:	Vigorous, coarsely textured evergreen shrub with an upright habit.
Leaves:	20 cm long, lustrous, deeply veined oval leaves with dark blue-green surfaces and pale green undersides. Leaf stems are fuzzy brown.
Flowers:	In spring, fragrant creamy-white flowers bloom in clusters.
Fruit:	Blue berries form in June and become plump through September, maturing to glossy black. Plants grow 3.0 to 4.6 m tall and wide.
Comments:	Grown as an ornamental plant for its evergreen foliage and tolerance of deep shade. Introduced in 1900 by Ernest Henry Wilson for Veitch Nurseries, Exeter.