For lovers of scented plants, VIBURNUM hillieri ‘Winton’ is the dream plant. You don’t have to put your nose to the flower to smell its fragrance. Quite the contrary, when the plant has sufficiently grown, its scent of honey perfumes over tens of meters of your garden in spring for more than a month. Then come the very decorative red berries (see photo) which, once ripe, will delight the birds. Its foliage takes on a red/purple color in fall (see photo). This is yet another essential plant in any garden. Its growth at moderate speed and its low adult height (1 m to 1.50 m) makes it a shrub suitable for small and large gardens.
How to grow VIBURNUM hillieri ‘Winton’
Easy to grow, this viburnum adapts to any type of soil. Then, it withstands all pH levels. Find a sunny spot for it. This plant resists temperatures below -20 °C. As a result, this shrub is suitable for beginners and experienced gardeners.
History and Origin
The genus VIBURNUM includes between 150 and 175 species of flowering shrubs. These shrubs can be evergreen or deciduous.
Most are endemic to the Northern Hemisphere. However, a few species come from the mountainous regions of South America and Southeast Asia.
Many viburnums are used as ornamental plants thanks to their flowers, fruits, scents and beautiful autumn colors. This is also the case for VIBURNUM hillieri ‘Winton’.
In prehistoric times, the very straight shoots of viburnums were poled for arrows, such as those found with Ötzi (frozen and dehydrated man discovered at Senales in Italy, dating from 3200 BC).
The bark of some species is used in herbal medicine as an antispasmodic and for the treatment of asthma.
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