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Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum
Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 70L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 500mm about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum - Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’
The whole point of Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ is its architecture. Branches are held in flat horizontal tiers, and in spring the white lacecap flower heads sit on top of each layer in two neat rows, giving the shrub its wedding cake profile. It is deciduous, so it delivers something different in every season rather than the flat green wall a clipped evergreen provides, which is why designers reach for it against rendered walls, in courtyards and along shaded entry paths.
Why Mariesii Doublefile Viburnum
Tiered Branching: The horizontal layering is genetic, not pruned in, and it holds its shape without any training.
Doublefile Flowering: Flat white lacecaps line the upper side of each branch through October and November, so the display is read from above rather than face on.
Autumn Colour: Foliage turns burgundy to plum before leaf fall in cool and temperate districts.
Shade Performance: It flowers well with only morning sun, which makes it useful on south and east aspects where most flowering shrubs sulk.
Pest Resistance: Unlike the laurustinus viburnums it is rarely troubled by thrips, and needs no routine spraying.
Ideal Applications
Courtyard Feature: A single plant against a pale wall reads as a piece of sculpture for eight months of the year.
Layered Shrub Border: Its flat top makes a natural mid layer between taller trees and low groundcover.
Understorey Planting: Sits happily beneath established deciduous canopy where dappled light reaches it in spring.
Informal Screen: Planted in a run it forms a soft, wide, layered barrier that never needs shearing.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m
Best Planting Season: Autumn through to early spring is ideal, though container grown stock establishes any time outside the peak of summer
Soil & Drainage: Moist, humus rich, free draining soil, slightly acidic to neutral. It will not tolerate waterlogging or hot dry root zones, so improve heavy clay and sandy soils with compost before planting
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first two summers rather than lightly every day, so roots chase moisture downwards. Keep 75mm of coarse mulch over the root zone, pulled back clear of the stems, and resist any pruning beyond removing damaged wood because cutting into the tiers destroys the form.
Plant Details
Height: 2.5 to 3m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun in cool and temperate districts, morning sun with afternoon shade in hot inland areas
Native to: Japan, China and Taiwan
Flower Colour: White
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







