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It is also a shrub that blooms in spring, and its official name is Viburnum, which is different from another hydrangea that resembles a snowball, Hydrangea. The fact is that snowball flowers are very similar to white hydrangea, with similar leaves. However, snowball flowers bloom earlier, mostly in late spring and early summer. Hydrangea blooms almost a month later, blooming from the end of June and after July. In addition, snowball flowers are generally taller than hydrangea, and can be more than ten feet tall, more like shrubs. Hydrangeas are generally only herbaceous, at best they are small shrubs.

The origin of Japanese snowball flowers is in the East, including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Snowball flowers and Hydrangea are not related, but they belong to Honeysuckle (Honeysuckle). Roughly speaking, the European and North American snowball flowers are called Viburnum opulus, the Japanese snowball flowers are the common Viburnum plicatum, and the Chinese species are called Viburnum macrocephalum. The leaves of the snowball flowers are opposite, among which the oriental species are oblong with deep veins, while the leaves of the European and American species are like maple leaves.

Improved species of snowball flowers have larger and more flowers, so they have the common name of Japanese Snowball Bush. But none of them are as big as hydrangea. If you want to pick large flower species, you can choose Grandiflorum and Rotundifolium.

The leaves of the snowball flower are very green and have deep stripes after the flower fades, and they even turn red in autumn. At the same time, they have nearly dark purple berries, which attract birds. They are also very popular because they are very coarse.