Viburnum carlesii, the arrowwood[1] or Korean spice viburnum,[2][3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to Korea and Japan (Tsushima Island) and naturalised in Ohio, USA.

[4] Growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall and broad, it is a bushy deciduous shrub with oval leaves which are copper-coloured when young.

Round clusters of red buds open to strongly scented, pale pink flowers in late spring.

[5] The Latin specific epithet carlesii refers to William Richard Carles (1848–1929), a British plant collector in Korea.

[6] The cultivars 'Aurora'[7] and ‘Diana’[8] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.