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The wide species diversity of beautifully flowering shrubs and the varying duration of their flowering make it possible to create simple expressive compositions that meet the functional purpose of landscaping issues, from early spring to autumn. Such shrubs include viburnum viburnum (Viburnum fragrans). The homeland of the plant is Northern China. It is a 2.5-3m tall shrub or a small tree with brown bark on the branches. In the conditions of the Tashkent Botanical Garden, pink buds appear on already leafless branches in late autumn; if the winter is warm, then already in February inflorescences of fragrant pink flowers bloom, which last for a month.
After flowering, the leaves bloom. In spring, the shrub is notable for its young reddish leaves. It blooms best when grown in a sunny location. The plant is valued as a honey plant. This is one of the most effective shrubs resistant to drought and heat conditions, while being shade-tolerant and frost-resistant.
Easily propagated by layering and winter cuttings. The shrub is used singly and in groups in the foreground, both in bush and standard form. These days, fragrant viburnum is blooming in the Botanical Garden, visit our garden and feel the fragrant smell of the flowers of this plant!
Introduced to the Botanical Garden. The seeds of this species were brought from Poland and sown in the Botanical Garden by Academician F.N. Rusanov on 08.23.1960. In 1961, in the spring, the introduction of these species was sown in the nursery and studied, and in 1963 they were planted in the East Asian exposition. Currently, there are 2 shrubs of this species growing in this exposition.
