Viburnum sieboldii Miq.
Siebold viburnum, Siebold’s arrowwood
This viburnum is native to Japan. These hardy plants and their cultivars are popular for landscaping.
Plants: This shrub, or sometimes small tree, is 15–20′ (4.6–6.1 m) high (rarely 30′ (9.1 m)) and 10–15′ (3–4.6 m) around. It is rounded but fairly sparse.
Leaves: Opposite, obovate, thick, dark, 2–6 ⨉ 1½–3″ (5–15 ⨉ 3.8–7.6 cm), with serrated edges and prominent veins. Sometimes the leaves become red or purple in the fall.
Flowers: Flowerheads 3–6″ (7.6–15 cm) in size have many tiny creamy white blossoms. Each flower is about ¼″ (8.5 mm) around, with 5 petals.
Fruits: Oval, ½″ (1.3 cm), pink, darkening to blue-black. They extend beyond the foliage, inviting birds. The fruit is on bright red stems.
Habitats: Open forests, forest edges, hedgerows, landscaping.
See this comparison table showing Viburnums that are presently in our database, or this nicely done Viburnum species guide.
Online References:
5/14/2012 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Massachusetts 
9/7/2010 · New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
5/16/2014 · Acton Arboretum, Action, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) 
9/7/2010 · New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm) 
5/16/2014 · Acton Arboretum, Action, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 7″ (20 × 16 cm) 
5/14/2012 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) 
9/7/2010 · New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Dipsacales | Includes viburnum, honeysuckle, snowberry, beautybush, twinflower, many others |
| Family | Adoxaceae | Elders and viburnums |
| Genus | Viburnum | Latin for “a kind of shrub” |
| Species | sieboldii | For Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866), a German physician, botanist, and traveler |
Viburnum sieboldii description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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