Viburnum “Charles Lamont”

I have a Viburnum “Charles Lamont” in my shrubbery. We planted it last year, it did well, flowered in the spring, but now the leaves look rather desiccated and on the turn.
It seems rather early for leaves to go over (the Viburnum Opulus at the other end of the shrubbery is fine and green) so I am worried we have a problem. It may be down to the very dry weather, though it has been kept well watered. When should I expect it to start shedding leaves as for a normal autumn? Should I be worried about it?

 

Now I am worried about it. My Viburnum “Charles Lamont” appears to be well into autumn with the leaves dry, curled and crispy, though they haven't started to drop. My Flannel bush, about six feet away, has started to go the same way. They have not been allowed to dry out and my Dahlias around them are looking fine. I just hope it is early onset "Fall".

 

Usually if brown leaves stay attached it means the wood is dead in all but a few cases.
Give the bark a scratch and see if its nice and green underneath.

 

I'll do that. I do not know what could have killed it. It is not weedkiller, my neighbours don't worry about weeds plus all the plants around it are fit and healthy. It flowered beautifully in the spring and looked great for most of the summer with new shoots springing up from the base. It is just recently it has gone this way.

 

I gave the bark a scratch this morning and it is lovely and green underneath. Perhaps it thinks it is the onset of Autumn. Our weather this year is enough to confuse any living thing.

 

Worth leaving then and see what happens.

 

Don't think one can really compare a bodnantense to an opulus @Jocko, they flower at completely different times of the year. Anyway, the point of this post is mainly to say that my bodnantense 'Dawn' took a couple of years to settle in and could look a tad ropey at times, but has looked very healthy since (it's about 5-6 years old now). They seem to be very sensitive to insufficient moisture in the soil when juvenile and what's happening with the leaves is possibly a delayed effect of the drought we suffered earlier. Interestingly, pollinators hardly ever bother with the larger Winter/early Spring flowers but the insignificant Summer ones seem to be becoming increasingly popular with them!

Nick

 

That is why I asked the question in the first place. I have never grown Viburnum, in any form, before and I was worried about this one.
The bodnantense flowered at the beginning of March and the opulus about three weeks later.