Viburnum x burkwoodii - some advice needed :)

Hi

I planted a young plant earlier this year in a tricky spot in the garden - shady and north facing, but I'd read this plant could handle that aspect. The other day I noticed a lot of its leaves had yellowed, some have red spots on them too.

My question is, is it suffering from some kind of disease or just preparing for winter? I've read it can be evergreem or semi-evergreen and I'm hoping as it's young it simply needs to conserve its energy.

Left it a bit late in the day to take a photo but one is attached to give an example of the way the leaves are going.

By the way, I did actually remove it from its place in the garden and have for now transferred it to a large pot. I've decided as it's such a rubbishy area for plants I'm going to put a shed there instead so thought it was best to get the plant up as soon as possible.

 

Sounds to me like it has rust fungus (or had it when you posted this thread), have you been able to sort the problem out?

 

Thanks for your reply, Stephen. It's survived the winter so far in a pot and has held on to some of its leaves. It's not a great looking plant though - wasn't when it arrived from the mail order place and really convinced me not to bother with that particular company again!

 

It might be worth chopping it back a little, and spraying it with general purpose fungicide when the weather is a bit drier.

 

Ah right, thanks. I wasn't sure if it would do it any good to cut it back - will give it a go.

 

Don't cut alot back, but the leaves that are looking bad. If fungicide doesn't help then I'm not sure.. is it replaceable or not really?

 

Just read this on the net...
The main concern with the burkwood viburnum is leaf spot or powdery mildew. Leaf spot causes brown or black spots on leaves. Powdery mildew is characterized by a white coating on leaves and shoots. Both are caused by a fungus and both result in the the leaves curling and dropping. Spraying a fungicide over the foliage is the best way to prevent the fungus from spreading.

 

OK, I'll give it a go and let you know how it gets on - but yes, it's replaceable.

 

Thanks Joolz.