A welcoming sight as you enter the Arboretum in May are the ‘snowballs’ of white flowers.

Purchased from Paynes Nurseries, Towcester, Northamptonshire in 2016.

Viburnum erubescens grows in south east Asia – Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar and Vietnam. This Eskimo variety was released in 1981 by The United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC.