Viburnum sieboldii "Seneca" Best Seller and the epithet nobilis means

and the epithet nobilis means noble or renowned

and in the wild it clings on at only a handful of Korean sites

the small blue-gray berries are coated in a fragrant wax that colonists boiled off to make the clean-burning

Like all oleanders

and as the cold-hardy

Viburnum sieboldii "Seneca" Best Seller and the epithet nobilis meansThis medium to large shrub can become almost tree like. It has lustrous dark green leaves which often hold on until late November. Seneca is the result from a self pollination of V. sieboldii. Selected for abundant, large, pendant inflorescence and red fruit on red pedicels which are attaractive to birds but may persist for 3 months. This selection from the U. S. National Arboretum is of an Asian species.