Viburnum plicatum var tomentosum Doublefile Viburnum 4 China and Japan Flat, horizontal branching habit 9 feet White sterile flowers in round, ball-like clusters 2-3 in. wide. Not fragrant. Late May         Red drupe changing to black. Excellent fruit color. Some forms are sterile and would, therefore, not produce fruit.     'Grandiflorum' - Slightly larger flowers than species. Accentuated horizontal branching habit.   'Roseum' - Sterile flowers open white and gradually deepen to pink   'Lanarth' - Unusually wide, spreading habit with larger flowers.   'Mariesii' - inner flowers fertile, surrounded by a ring of sterile flowers. Best fruiting form, with red fruits on red fruit stalks the fruit eventually turns black   var. tomentosum - Still called by many simply V. tomentosum, this Doubleflie Viburnum has flat flower clusters with a ring of sterile flowers around the outside. The small, fertile flowers in the center bear fruits which are red before they turn black in the fall. Horizontal branching and sometimes it becomes as broad as it is tall.   'Newport' - Extremely dense, mounded and turns burgundy in fall.   'Shasta' - Broad, horizontal branching and only 6 feet high with a 10 to 12 foot spread.   'Shoshoni' - Similar to 'Shasta' but a little smaller in proportions.   ‘Watanabei’ - Compact form with smaller flowers.

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