Sounds like Ligustrum to me.

I think you'll get the same effect...

sea ya
tami

Weelll--can't say I have much useful information, but there are LOTS of wonderful viburnums that I've seen in the Lafayette area, and none of them stink like all the ligustrums I know anyway, and none of them try to take over your yard like at least some of the ligustrums do (I have to say, I seem to be allergic to ligustrum--I haven't been tested for it, but I sneeze, and my eyes water, and it seems suspicious, so I tend to dislike it. Probably not fair.) I do have one viburnum, Arrowwood or V. dentatum, which does very well and would do better if it weren't in too much shade. Nice flowers, makes berries which the birds strip in about 30 seconds, but doesn't pop up all over like so many things the birds love. It's supposed to color well in the fall, but like I said, it's in too much shade. V. suspensum is a very large-growing evergreen one. If I weren't so lazy I'd go look some more up, but maybe someone who actually grows some will chime in. Good to check--I tried several that didn't make it. But I know other people do grow quite a few.

I have the vibernium that is evergreen. It has flowers with pink buds that open white in loose balls. Smells great. I have mine under three river birches in fairly heavy shade during the summer. It is a full bush but from what I've read may bloom better in more light. Mike

I have a couple of viburnums, one is called a snowball bush. I don't know the name of the other. The snowball bush, I call it a tree,the last one I had was higher than the eaves of the house. Huge white hydrangea like blooms cover it in the spring. The other hasn't bloomed yet, still a babe, but it has lovely burgundy undersides to the leaves.

Betty