| Description | 'Deben' Bodant Viburnum (Viburnum bodatenise) flowers clusters open apple blossum pink changing to white. They appear on naked branches before the dark green leaves appear. |
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| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | mostly sunny, some shade, avoid the full sun in hotter hardiness zones |
| Moisture | average, moist, not dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | buds open a soft pink changing to white, susceptible to cold injury; flowers opening before the leaves emerge are called hysteranthous, fragrant |
| Fruit | small, round, red changing to dark blue |
| Leaves | bronze when emerging, changing to green |
| Dimensions | 10-12 by 10-12 feet (HS), often listed as gangly |
| Maintenance | prune to maintain shape |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | A hybrid cross between V. farreri and V. grandiflorum and named after Bodnant Garden, from which it originated. The initial crosses, made in 1933 by Charles Lamont at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, yielded nothing worthy of naming. Later crosses gave rise to the three cultivars we know today: ‘Charles Lamont,’ ‘Dawn,’ and ‘Deben.’ |
| Notes & Reference | #106-Viburnums (Micheal Dirr), The Scott Arboretum of Swatmorth College (www.scottarboretum.org/viburnum-x-bodnantense/) |
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