Foliage emerges in spring after the blossoms.
Bodnant viburnums make great hedges, screens and are suitable for woodlands.
The flowers are very fragrant and provide food for butterflies.
Plants are either narrow or vase shaped.
Attractive summer foliage.
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Common Name: Pink Dawn bodnant viburnum
Botanical Name: Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Pink Dawn’ Form: upright, narrow to vase-shape Family: Adoxaceae Genus: Viburnum Hybrid: x bodnantense Plant Type: multi-stemmed deciduous shrub Mature Size: 8’-10’ x 4’ x 6’ Growth: moderate Origin: garden hybrid - cross between V. farreri & V. grandiflorum Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9 Foliage: green, 2-4" long, toothed, ovate and narrow, deep red fall colour Flowers: fragrant tubular pale pink flowers held in flattish droopy 1-2" wide clusters on leafless stem from winter into Fruit: showy red berries mature to black in fall Stems: cinnamon colour Exposure: sun to part shade Soil: moist, well-drained Uses: specimen, spring/winter gardens, hedge, hedgerow, woodland garden, shrub borders, foundations, cur flower, screen, fragrant, butterfly and bird gardens Propagation: softwood cuttings in summer Pruning: right after flowering Problems: flowers vulnerable to frost damage so place in protected location Comments: This hybrid viburnum has something to offer throughout the year: late winter to early spring bubble-gum pink fragrant flowers, nice shape with green foliage in the summer, attractive berries in fall with colourful autumn foliage. It’s easy to grow with no pests and provides a winter garden with heady fragrance from their delicate drooping flower clusters. Not only does the bodnant viburnum cheer up a dull winter garden, it also attracts wildlife. Butterflies love the perfumed flowers and birds devour the berries. Bodnant viburnums tend to get leggy with age and bear fewer flowers. To rejuvenate them totally remove a third of the older stems right down to the base and cut back the remaining stems by one-third right after they finish flowering. 
This foliage is beginning to turn deep red in early fall.
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