Viburnum burkw. 'Anne Russell'

Viburnum burkwoodii 'Anne Russel' is a particularly popular snowball cultivar, it is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with a bushy, upright form. This English variety flowers profusely in April and May with strongly fragrant white flowers that bud from pink flower buds and are grouped in round racemes of approx. 8 cm. The leaves are glossy, broadly elliptical and slightly toothed, dark green in summer and medium green in spring and red to red-purple in autumn, the underside of the leaf is velvety. Viburnum likes a position in full sun or partial shade and a slightly acidic to neutral soil, it is hardy, needs little pruning, is wind and sea wind tolerant and tolerates air pollution well.