‘Summer Snowflake’ is more upright and compact than other doublefile viburnums, such as ‘Lanarth’, ‘Mariesii’ and ‘Shasta’. It fits into small gardens, and is a good partner in mixed borders with perennials. ‘Summer Snowflake’ provides a constant show of white flowers, and works as a foil to brighter and darker perennials ...

Summer Snowflake, like most viburnums, grows best in sunny locations with good garden loam. But it is not overly picky about its growing conditions. It will grow and flower in semi-shade; areas too shady for bermudagrass to grow but where shade tolerant grasses would be …

The Summer Snowflake Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’) is a beautiful shrub prized for its abundant white flowers and attractive foliage. Here’s a guide on how to care for it and keep it thriving in your garden:

Viburnum plicatum summer snowflake is a beautiful plant that produces white flowers in the summer. This plant is native to China and Japan and has been introduced to North America. This plant prefers to grow in moist, well-drained soil and is tolerant of full sun to partial shade.

A multi-season beauty, Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’ (Doublefile Viburnum) is a dense, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub of upright habit without equal when it comes to flowering.

Summer Snowflake is one of those ever-blooming types--it could be that they are sterile. Many roadside plantings of doublefiles wilted and dropped their leaves during the exceptionally dry late summer here in Northern Virginia. Are they dead?

It is a perennial, flowering large shrub or small tree, see how the Summer snowflake viburnum looks like in the garden and landscape. Summer Snowflake Viburnum is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.

White lacecap-like flowers bloom in spring (late April-May), but continue to bloom sporadically through summer (hence the cultivar name) and sometimes into early fall. Fruits, a few flowers and autumn foliage color may all be simultaneously present on shrubs in early fall.

Perfect candidate for English cottage gardens or American country and colonial style landscapes. Exceptional choice for all white and moon gardens. A natural addition to wildlife gardens. Thrives in loamy well-drained soils with consistent moisture, but highly adaptable.

Doublefile viburnum is a dense multi-stemmed shrub that matures at a height of 5 to 8 feet and features showy white flowers in late spring and sporadically in summer. Plant in full sun to partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. It prefers loams but tolerates a range of soil types.