Planted:

This shrub is at the eastern end of the Grass Path.

Thought to be a site hybrid cross of Viburnum rhytidophyllum and Viburnum lantana.

This vigorous, coarsely textured evergreen shrub has an upright habit and 20 cm long, lustrous, deeply veined oval leaves with dark blue-green surfaces and pale green undersides. Leaf stems are fuzzy brown.

In spring, fragrant creamy-white flowers bloom in clusters.

Blue berries form in June and become plump through September, maturing to glossy black.