30-05-2013, 09:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Hogg
On Mon, 27 May 2013 14:27:04 +0200, Terry Deans
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No replies to earlier post, so I'm having another go!.
Beautiful, weeping-habit Viburnum (Plicatum) Mareisii was starting to
come in to bud several weeks ago. I went back to check it out about
three weeks ago now and the buds have all withered and the shrub looks
really sad against the green shrubs all around it in the border.
Can it be dying? Or has the late frost/cold in late April here in the
South West of England, caused it to quit for this year? Perhaps to come
back again?
Any clues or help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Terry Deans
A picture might help.
If you lightly scrape the bark with your thumb nail, a little way back
from the dead shoots, the underlying wood should be green if the twigs
are alive and it'll probably shoot again in the fullness of time. If
it's brown, try scraping the bark a bit further down, and so on until
you come to a green bit. Check again in a couple of weeks. If you have
to go yet further back down the shoots to get a green scrape, it's
dying back and may die altogether.
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Chris
Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales |
Thanks Chris, appreciate the reply. I will do that and see if there is any progressive die-back.
Terry
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