Cheryl Isaak;865242]On 9/23/09 6:33 AM, in article
, "Pat Kiewicz"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak said:


My 12+ year old Viburnum Nana has shed all it's leaves already. When I
knelt
to get a closer look, it has what appears to galls or cankers all over the
base of the stems.

Any thoughts on the problem - my googling as been fruitless. I'm fond of
that little shrub and would hate to lose it.

I'm sorry that I only have bad news for you.

Apparently, Viburnums are susceptible to crown gall, a bacterial infection,
and it cannot be cured. You will have to remove your infected plant and
replace it with some other type of shrub which is not susceptible to crown
gall.

Crown gall (this is a .pdf file that require Adobe
http://wihort.uwex.edu/gardenfacts/XHT1037.pdf
That's what I was afraid of - while I was planning to move it again and not
put a shrub there again, I didn't want to lose the little guy.

Thanks Pat.

Cheryl

not sure about this plant but we did have a euonymous shrub that had crown gall and i gave it a five pound bag of sugar in the early spring. i mixed the sugar in a pail of water and just poured it over the plant but especially around the base and on the galls and the shrub did okay. we finally ended up pulling it out after a good number of yrs because it was really getting old
and we didnt want it any longer.
dont know if the sugar would work for your shrub or not r but might be worth a try. good luck. cyaaaaaa, sockiescat.