Viburnum Tinus Problems

Overwintering Problems

• Michael Dirr of the University of Georgia notes that even in winters with temperatures between 0 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit, some laurustinus shrubs may sustain uneven or severe branch die-back. If fall frosts occur too early, youngest branch and leaf growth tends to succumb to cold.

Pests

• Generally pest free, laurustinus tends to be eaten by hungry deer and viburnum beetles (especially in the Northeast or other scale insects appear if the shrub is stressed from drought, nutritionally poor soils or too little sunlight.

Diseases

• Dirr notes that laurustinue is generally free of disease concerns. However, it does rarely succumb to sudden oak death, crown gall, anthracnose, Botryosphaeria canker and verticillium wilt. Other minor foliage disease nuisances include downy and powdery mildew.