farreri has little to offer. ‘Candidissimum’ has pure white, heavily scented flowers, and deciduous leaves of a paler green, and is arguably a more desirable selection than the straight species.

'Candidissium' ('Album') has fragrant white flowers and yellowish-green foliage. Some winter protection promotes best growth. Early flowering in spring is sometimes followed by a later frost/freeze that kills back the flowers and inhibits leaf growth. Building Map...

Attractive in a mixed planting for winter interest or backed by deep greens where the white winter flowers shine. Tolerant of a wide range of conditions notably poor drainage, provided moderate summer irrigation. Sun to dappled shade. Cold hardy USDA zone 6.

Mar 15, 2018 · Native to China, the fragrant white viburnum (Viburnum farreri ‘Candidissimum’) is covered with flat topped, white, dome-shaped bloom clusters that have a prominent, “sweetly spicy” scent that is quite noticeable. Early pollinators will visit this shrub in bloom.

Viburnum farreri 'Candidissimum' is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In spring and winter white flowers emerge followed by yellow fruit. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens.

'Candidissimum' is an upright, deciduous shrub with oval, toothed, veined, light green leaves, lighter when young, and dense clusters of small, tubular, fragrant, white flowers from late autumn into winter, sometimes into spring in mild weather. Flowers are followed by pale yellow fruit.

This fragrant viburnum cultivar bears pure white flowers before the leaves emerge in the spring. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well-suited to the home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability.

Viburnum farreri 'Candidissimum' A superb medium sized, deciduous shrub native to parts of China which is known for its clusters of scented, pure white flowers which appear on the branches in winter. The spring and summer leaves are dark green in colour with yellow and bronze tints before they fall in autumn.

Farrer viburnum 'Candidissimum' A deciduous shrub, up to 3m high, which is tightly-upright when young but becomes broader with age, with oval, light green, prominently-veined leaves up to 10cm long. Clusters, up to 6cm across, of small very sweetly-scented pure white flowers appear from late autumn and into winter, sometimes through to spring

Jan 21, 2025 · Prized for its late winter to early spring flowers which unfold brilliant white and are spicy scented. Fall color is yellow to purple. Quite special when in bloom, but its early blooming subjects flowers to the threat of frost.