Photo Courtesy of Michael Dirr

Another U.S. National Arboretum introduction.  Introduced in 1988 from a backcross of V. x burkwoodii 'Park Farm Hybrid' with V. utile made by the late Donald Egolf.  Foliage is slightly wavy, extremely glossy and evergreen.  Habit is compact, growing 5-6' tall and slightly wider.  Pink flower buds open in May to creamy white, non fragrant flowers followed by red fruit in autumn which turn black with age and persits for 6-8 weeks.  Zone 5