Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Viburnum problems, 1 by valrita

valrita wrote:
Last year I bought a Winterthur and two Brandywines and planted them near each other. The Winterthur was small and quickly wilted and died. I thought it was simply because it was a small mail order plant. So I went to a local nursery and bought a nice-sized plant. After a month or so, about one-third of the plant wilted. Hubby had sprayed for bugs nearby and I thought that was the reason. This spring, it was obvious that we needed to prune off the areas of the plant that had wilted last year because there was no new growth. We did that and also moved the plant to another part of the yard (I suspect that wasn't a good idea now). I bought yet another Winterthur and planted it in the same spot next to the Brandywines that are doing great. Looking back now, it was probably a dumb idea to plant it in the same soil that two other plants had trouble in.

Anyway, the new Winterthur did fine, bloomed a little, then started to wilt like the others.
This was taken about three weeks ago.