What is wrong with my viburnums

[SammyK]

My viburnums have a lot of new growth and look healthy for the most part but some leaves look like this! Every shrub (36 of them) has leaves that are turning a weird color. I have very sandy soil and have a hard time keeping it moist so it might be that it needs more water. I need advice please!

 

[Mike Allen]

Hello Sammy and a warm welcome to the forum. Your photos say a lot. Do you know what variety of Viburnum they are?

You mention that the soil is sandy. So much of the time it is well drained. Looking at photo ending 48F. Looks like the leaves have become dry and crispy. The planted area is very exposed. I suggest that you give a good mulch of organic.. Especially digging in plenty of compost between each plant. This hopefully will help to bolster the soil content, and provied a sustainable growing area.

 

[SammyK]

Thank you so much! I just watered them very very well and will go get some good compost tomorrow along with some mulch. They are sweet viburnums and just started blooming.

 

[Tetters]

@SammyK Your Viburnums seem to be planted a bit too close together, and without enough air circulation are rather prone to rust and other fungal problems. If I were you I would make the gaps between wider and have at least 5 - 6 feet between the plants. They grow quite big.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=756 This link might be helpful to you. Welcome to the forum

 

[SammyK]

My neighbors viburnums are planted way closer together than mine and theirs is thriving. I paid a landscaping company to plant my viburnums. Every house in my neighborhood actually has viburnums planted very close like mine.

 

[SammyK]

@SammyK Your Viburnums seem to be planted a bit too close together, and without enough air circulation are rather prone to rust and other fungal problems. If I were you I would make the gaps between wider and have at least 5 - 6 feet between the plants. They grow quite big.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=756 This link might be helpful to you. Welcome to the forum

i will seperate them where they are not that close together. Thank you so much

 

[Tetters]

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/space-viburnum-hedges-39466.html

 

[SammyK]

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/space-viburnum-hedges-39466.html

i am moving them today! Going to park them7 ft apart! Thanks so much for this information!

 

[cpp gardener]

This time of year they tend to drop old leaves and grow new ones and can look a little bare. An application of an all-purpose fertilizer wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Tetters]

That will be hard work, make sure you get as much root as possible, and give them a jolly good talking to, and plenty of water
Good luck. I hope your Viburnums outshine everyone else `s
Please let us know how it goes.

 

[SammyK]

That will be hard work, make sure you get as much root as possible, and give them a jolly good talking to, and plenty of water
Good luck. I hope your Viburnums outshine everyone else `s
Please let us know how it goes.

Thank you! I will let you know how it goes!

 

[SammyK]

Thanks! I just bought some compost and vigiro plant and shrubs fertilizer

This time of year they tend to drop old leaves and grow new ones and can look a little bare. An application of an all-purpose fertilizer wouldn't hurt either.
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