Sounds to me like there wasn't a healthy root system to begin with, or your
soil is overly dry. You said you watered it in but not if you kept watering.
Some container plants get so heavily watered that they don't need to develop
good root systems to maintain lush topgrowth. Were there lots of good
healthy roots when you transplanted? At this point, you may have lost the
lush top growth and you might be better off cutting back the suffering stems
to solid buds giving the plant a rest and allowing its roots to catch up to
the top growth. When it's ready, new shoots will come from the buds in the
healthy wood you cut back. Sandy soil requires extra watering for plants to
get established (even with ammendments). Those Viburnums like good water and
seen them best in a moist clay soil.

"Larry Lovett" wrote in message
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I have a cranberry "Wentworth" viburnum that was purchased from a local
nursery. It was in a 12 inch pot and I transplanted it immediately.
Within two days, I noticed some leaves wilting and now they are totally
brown and shriveled. Most of the wilting occurred on one branch, although
there are other branches with wilting of just the uppermost leaves. The
shrub looked quite healthy when I bought it.

I planted it in sandy to normal soil amended with spaghum peat moss and I
watered it thoroughly. It gets about 3 hours of late afternoon sun. Two
weeks have gone by and the wilting does not appear to be spreading any
further, so it looks like it will survive.

Anybody know what could have happened? What do I do now? Should I trim
off
all the branches just below the wilted leaves or should I go further? The
worst branch is about 3 feet long and runs up right from the base. This
branch does not have many healthy leaves left.

The shape is rather upright right now. Will it round out naturally, or do
I
need to prune it? Also, the viburnum is about three feet high, but the
bottom 12 inches are bare. Is there a way to encourage lower leaf growth?
Final question - do viburnums spread by sucker growth?

I'm in Michigan, zone 5 - thanks in advance!