This is a shrub which can start to flower remarkably early and you can usually find some in flower in December or even earlier. Mostly it is a plant found in parks and shrubberies of gardens but it escapes into the wild occasionally.

Viburnum tinus has escaped most successfully in the south of England but other hot spots include the are of north Wales where this one was photographed. Other wise it is dotted her and there with fewer records as you go north. There is little in Scotland and in Ireland it is mostly found on the south east coast.

Llandulas quarry, North Wales, 4th March 2009

Added on 20th February 2005, updated 25th August 2008, updated 22nd February 2012