Viburnum plicatum (common names: Japanese snowball bush)

It is so deliciously lacy... how large a plant are we looking at here? does it cover a wall or a trellis? I know that it sometimes takes these viburnum and year or two to really settle in before they start blooming in this profusion.

This is a mature specimen and measures some 8x8 feet. Reliably flowers every spring.

Sigh...

I have the V. trilobum...it is usually lush with huge leaves and large flower panicles like these but this year they are much smaller...I think because of excavations near the roots...I love the large brachts on the perimeter. They are also covered with red fruit...but the birds don't like it because it is so bitter.

I like white flowers.

I've just bought one of these.

When is it in flower?
Is it evergreen?
Blooms look like a hydrangea.

It is deciduous and flowers in May. Its common name is Japanese snowball bush

I have a viburnum snowball tree, but the blooms don't look like your flowers above.

I uploaded a pic of my new one on 21st Sept. The label said Vibernum plicatum. I thought it was different to the Snowball tree, their flower heads are more ball shaped.

This doesn't look like my snowball tree either.

My snowball tree has clusters of white blooms which are more globe shaped.

Chrispook, My one is the Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' - Japanese Snowball Bush
yours is a Viburnum plicatum 'Watanabe' - otherwise known as 'Summer Snowflake'
the variation which you may have seen with big white pompoms of flowers is commonly known as a Chinese snowball bush

Boy, you sure know your plants or did you just look that up online? lol Well, anyway, I love your picture...it brings to mind a bunch of white butterflies visiting their favorite flowers.....

I afree with you TT. If you look on page 29 of my photos there are 2 photos which I uploaded on 2nd May. These I think are a Snowball tree.

hehe.. After loads of early mistakes I bought a lot of books.
I research most plants that I intend to buy to make sure I have the right soil and a suitable position in my garden..
It seems to have paid off so far with only a coule of failures.
I must admit though I do impulse buy on occasions

I would love to have this flower - do you think it would like to be exposed to full sunshine for the best part of the day ?

Wow, FdM, that's gorgeous, nearly identical to a Hydrangea though even the leaves! Wonderful!!

I'll tell you next year. Mine is in a sunny spot.

Chris, do you know how long it took for your viburnum to flower? I know they are slow growers but mine seems to be standing still with no blooms in sight after a year and a half.

This is new and very small (so young) and was flowering when I bought it. (maybe forced in some way). I have another vibernum which I've had for 2 years and it has not yet flowered (not sure which variety). Ive got yet another one which flowers in the Spring and had it's first flowers the Spring after I bought it the previous year, so not much rhyme or reason here.