Viburnum obovatum 'Compactum' 25/7 Restock In gardens the silky green

In gardens the silky green fans of leaves form large patches

a large shrub or small tree hung in fall and early winter with clusters of nodding

shrubby habit

yet the tree remains surprisingly little known in American gardens

Viburnum obovatum 'Compactum' 25/7 Restock In gardens the silky greenWalter's viburnum is one of the finest small evergreens of the Southern coastal plain, a fine textured native named for Thomas Walter, the eighteenth century Carolina planter and botanist who first described the species in his Flora Caroliniana. The botanical name obovatum points to the little obovate leaves, broadest toward the tip, and 'Compactum' gathers all of that into a low, rounded, mounding form densely set with small leaves and smothered in