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In my last garden I planted up an area with Stachys ‘Silver Carpet’. It’s the same viburnum whose flowers were so attractive in May but whose evil nature revealed itself recently. V. lantana ‘Mohican’ is actually one of the parents of V. x rhytidophylloides so I’d expect quite a few similarities. Pretty foliage plant but awful for us “sensitives”. The plant is now getting less than it needs to flower and fruit, and was leaning in search of more light. Prepare the planting spot by digging in some organic material and removing roots of weeds. The blog header image is Chatsworth House and Park, ca.  1725 by Pieter Tillemans, Flemish, active in Great Britain 1684-1734, oil on canvas. Oftentimes, taking up to a third of the shrub can achieve natural-looking results without harming the viburnum. None of the sites mention any adverse reactions upon skin contact and so it looks as if my nasty experience is probably a result of yet another allergy. Gosh! Two hairy plants that cause me respiratory problems are the climber Fremontodedron and the yellow flowered Phlomis fruticosa. Then plant a nice peace-loving shrub. Cutting your viburnum to the ground is not recommended. It reaches 6-15 feet (2- 4.5 metres) tall and has white flowers. Treat the cut end (bottom end) with a dusting of rooting hormone. Fertilize if you have poor soil (a good, thick layer of well-rotted manure or compost is usually all that’s needed – synthetic fertilizers can force weak, spindly growth), Keep a close watch for pests or signs of disease (nip those in the bud quickly), The shrub has a large, woody base and it extremely overgrown. The best place to cut is 1/4 inch (0.5 cm.) I have had just the same experience as you! I don’t want to kill it, but I don’t think I could, it’s the terminator of plants and it’s armed too! Make a small cut in the side of these branches to encourage new branches to grow. Oh trust me: If I was planning on staying here, the KV would be history (and so would several other thugs that the PO planted, LOL)! So its very disappointing when hydrangeas dont bloom for a season. The question in the Cornell ID guide that eliminated V. lantana as an answer was the leaf edges – they are much less distinct than shown in my backlit photo, and are “obscure or indistinct” in the key. cut. But I am not touching it again until November, at which point I will hack it back to 2 ft or less this time. I got rid of the climber but still have the Phlomis, I think it might have to go. This isn't low enough. Cut at an angle so that the highest part of the cut is just above the bud. All text within this blog is ©The Chatsworth Lady except as otherwise noted, such as attributed quotes. UPDATE: The ultimate fate of the Killer Viburnum is revealed here. Good too to remember the rules about summer and winter pruning. Oh, I know: I honestly think the shrub looks like a sloppy mess even now, and you don’t want to know what it looked like over winter! It has grown so tall that it blocks the view and light from the living room. Removing viburnum this way is quick and easy and even if I have to snap off the suckers for a few months it doesn’t bother me too much. 😉. If so, in winter I’d tie a rope to the tow bar and loop the other end around the base of the shrub and then put your foot on the accelerator! If the root ball is stuck in the container it's best to use snips or a utility knife to cut the container away. If you are looking for a flowering shrub that will add beauty to your landscape, one of the popular Viburnum shrubs may be a great addition. The next step was leaf length and “more than 3″ long” sent me directly to a choice between ‘If the leaves are deeply wrinkled, your species is Viburnum rhytidophyllum’ and ‘If the leaves are less wrinkled your species is Viburnum x rhytidophylloides’. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchased with funds provided by the Sklenar Family – Herb, Ellie, Susan and Tisha; and the Art Fund, Inc., AFI.4.2013, http://www.usna.usda.gov/Newintro/mohican.pdf, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m740. No, this isn’t a review of a Grade B horror movie, although to my mind this shrub certainly could star in one if it had a mind to. A good pictorial comparison of both (and to the leaves of the V. rhytidophyllum parent) can be found here at the University of Kentucky site. Also remove … Cut the stump as close to the ground as possible (you can make the final close to the ground cut after you fell the tree with hand tools or a chain saw -- it really is not that difficult), then use either a stump grinder tool (you can rent them) or one of these methods to finalize the process: In any case, this is as far as I got with reducing the Killer Viburnum in size….not as much as I’d originally planned, but better than nothing. Then grasp the base of the plant with your fingertips and try to gently lift and remove the root ball from the container. Fruits at first green, then transitioning to red, red-orange, or red-yellow by mid-Summer, then maturing to black in late August and early September [dead on, yet again]. Viburnum is a large genus of flowering shrubs belonging to the honeysuckle family of plants. Cutting off all the stems and leaves is a huge stressor to the plant so it’s best not to do it too often or you’ll risk weakening the shrub, making it more susceptible to disease and pests. For overgrown shrubs, reshaping may take several years of pruning to correct. Most sources claim that these shrubs can be cut almost to the ground if necessary, and so I can easily envision hacking pruning it back to only a couple of feet tall next time… but not until the winter has ‘disarmed’ it! Posted by The Chatsworth Lady in Gardening, The Temporary Garden, allergic reaction to viburnum, viburnum allergy, viburnum itch, viburnum rash. To transplant a container-grown viburnum bush, dig the planting hole just as deep as the rootball and 2 to 3 times as wide. Odoratissimum can be kept 4 to 6 feet, suspensum 3 to 5 feet tall. Foliage description is spot on: dark green above while much paler white-green beneath……having a rough texture with sunken veins above, with prominently large veins beneath that have a reticulate branching pattern…. It has attractive blue berries in the autumn which contrast with leaves that change to a dramatic purple-red at this time of year. There’s no justice, LOL. So thank you! What I didn’t know was that this viburnum was armed and dangerous. above an outward facing bud or node. Hahahahaha I know! If reasonable, we leave a few stems or suckers growing from the removed canes. I don’t think that much of the plant, either, to warrant tolerating that pain. Viburnum dilatatum, commonly known as linden arrowwood or linden viburnum, is a deciduous shrub in the moschatel family . Definitely not an insect bite, because as I was cleansing the areas I could feel the tiny plant hairs being scraped across my skin — exactly as when trying to remove a covering of sand. Loosen any impacted roots gently with your fingers. It is native to eastern Asia, and can be found as an introduced plant in the mid-Atlantic regions in the U.S from New York to Virginia. A thorough going-over of gloves, shirt and pants with a lint roller eventually removed them; I didn’t want to risk putting the items into the wash, in case their nasty effects might be chemical as well as structural in origin. The images on this blog are displayed only for the purposes of providing information, research, criticism or commentary and are the property of their original owners and/or creators. Now, I’ve grown viburnums before; my previous garden had Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ as well as V. dilatatum ‘Erie’ and ‘Michael Dodge’. Nice and tidy, and I had a plethora of bare branches to dispose of. This way, new stems can grow from the remaining portion of the branch. Prune annually to eliminate the need for drastic pruning. All lovely shrubs which never displayed a hint of animosity toward me. Believing as I do in the tenet “Know thy enemy” I decided to sleuth out what species it is. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of any text material herein without prior written permission is strictly prohibited. Viburnum opulus and Viburnum lantana - if they need pruning at all - can be kept under control, by cutting out 1 in 3 branches at near to ground level. Gardening should come with a health warning. Many hydrangeas have interesting foliage and bark, but most are grown for their large, showy blossoms. A detailed explanation of the benefits, techniques and results associated with dormant pruning of deciduous shrubs. This I did as soon as the snow disappeared, and reduced the shrub in size to about 5 ft high and wide. Down with the Killer Viburnum! Looked great all summer but the first time I went to clean it up after winter, I went into paroxysms of coughing and choking from the fine white leaf coating. Interesting about the buddleia — I’ve had them for years and have pruned them at all times of year with no skin issues BUT now that you mention it, I do often end up coughing a bit afterward!! ©2015-2020 The Chatsworth Lady , all rights reserved. A fast grower, Viburnum pragense withstands pruning … Please see the footer for copyright information regarding all images appearing on this blog. However, I recently noticed that the shrub had really gone to town in the new-growth department and if I didn’t want it to soon be as big as it had been last fall, I’d better get out the pruners again. leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate to oblong, lightly serrated or entire… about 3 to 4 times as long as they are wide, and often in a tattered and ragged semi-evergreen state by early Winter [this is so true; it looks absolutely horrid]…. These evergreen shrubs - odoratissimum and suspensum - can get very big (huge, in fact) but you can keep them trimmed to a reasonable size. More than 1/3 of the shrub is made up of dead branches or stems with very little foliage. What the….?!?!?!?!??? Not to mention $ spent to replant something that would only benefit the next owner. Stripping off my garden gloves, I dashed indoors and spent the next ten minutes at the nearest sink. And in order for it to have been any kind of bug there’d have had to be hundreds of them because it was on both sides of my face and neck as well as several inches above both wrists. Rejuvenation pruning is usually our most severe pruning. There are also two cultivars of this viburnum: ‘Willowwood’ which was developed in the late 1920s and ‘Allegheny’ dating from the 1960s. Buddleia can also be a problem to prune. Sprayed it all with RoundUp but still had to dig the remains out while wearing a face mask. I do know that when I pruned the shrub in early April all of the branches were woody and smooth. After the pain subsided I returned to the scene of the crime and examined the shrub from a safe distance (i.e., with the zoom lens of my camera.) Sorry this shrub “attacked” you as well, but glad to hear that I’m not alone. The second year, do the same with another third of the branches. I have cut it back in the last couple of years but only to the lowest bud. Thin out by cutting older branches back to the ground. I’d never describe this shrub as compact though… it was easily over 12 ft last year and according to the neighbor, the previous owner only planted up that part of the front yard about 7 years ago. from the ground and cut back any side branches below the first cuts. Your Piriton is the UK version of our Chlor-Trimeton, which is what I too have to take in the event of a severe allergic reaction. Cut the stems to 12 in (30 cm) or more if you want to encourage growth. I’d reached and cut for about two minutes before I felt anything, but suddenly it seemed as though a tiny needle was being stuck into one side of my neck. How awful and it’ s not even beautiful to look at. The first containing growth the second encourages it. Cut these plants close to the ground, leaving sturdier stems in place and removing any thin ones. New growth will sprout from the roots. Put on your chain mail and cut it to the ground when the leaves drop! If no new leaves appear on stems, wait another week or two before pruning. Height is given as 12’x12’ “although sometimes larger” which I can well believe, and having a fairly rapid growth rate. Funny thing but I cannot wear any sort of wool next to my skin either, although contact usually just causes itching rather than the fiery burn that happened with the viburn(LOL)um! The night before planting you should soak the pots thoroughly, and when planting take a sharp knife and cut down the length of the root ball in a couple of spots, from top to bottom to cut through circling roots. I have a cranberry viburnum that was probably planted in the wrong place, in front of a west-facing window that only receives sun late in the day. Cut up to one-third of the oldest branches down to the ground to encourage growth and renew the bush. Cut the main stems back to 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30.5 cm.) In general, the best time to cut a shrub entirely to the ground is in early spring before new growth starts. Snowball bush (Viburnum opulus) We flush cut each trunk as close to the ground as possible. The leaves actually have two secret weapons: their matte and almost invisibly hairy surfaces, and their very slightly serrated edges which are also edged with the deadly hairs as seen clearly in this backlit photo. There are four basic pruning techniques used for maintaining shrubs: heading back, renewal, rejuvenation, and shearing. The full description can be found here. Are you sure it wasn’t possibly a small sweat bee of some sort? In fact it’s the only such med that I can take. I don’t know if these are part of the arsenal and am not inclined to experiment by swiping it against my skin. The former owners planted it about six years ago, according to a neighbor, when they added the porch and walkway, so they’d have been in continual contact with it (especially since, according to the same neighbor, they did all the garden and lawn work themselves). Cornell University’s Dept of Agriculture has a handy interactive online viburnum identification guide (don’t be put off by the leaf beetle reference) which I was able to work through and determine that it is Viburnum x rhytidophylloides. Do this each year, always cutting out the older branches of course, and you will have a steady supply of new growths, and flowers/berries on the older growths. The oldest leaves are 9” (about 23cm) long and 4” (10cm) at the widest point. But in order to get to all the new tall central growths, I had to reach into the shrub itself and so a number of the multitude of leaves inevitably brushed against the sides of my face and neck, as well as the small amount of skin exposed between my (long) sleeve ends and glove cuffs. Hydrangeas make beautiful focal points in the garden and require minimal care, other than pruning. Harvest blooms if desired for use in cut flower arrangements. The shrub is more like a small tree, with only one or very few main stems (for example, some types of viburnum or euonymous). In between each cut, spray your pruners with disinfectant to prevent spreading disease to other limbs. Supposedly the former tends to hold onto more of its leaves in winter, but the latter tends to produce more flowers/fruit. Yet no one else that goes near the damn bush gets a reaction at all. Cut off older branches. I have never heard of such a thing in regards to this viburnum either. In fall (semi-ripe to hardwood) take a 3-5 inch viburnum cutting with 2 to 3 nodes. Gosh, that is a terrible arsenal. However, your desire is revitalize these shrubs. When I moved into the house in early November I made a mental note to cut it back in early spring because it had gotten much too tall and wide for the space allotted to it. In less than a minute several areas of my face, neck and wrists felt as though millions of tiny red-hot knives were being stuck into them. Those fine hairs irritate the lungs as well as the skin. Viburnum pruning conundrum. Insert cutting into rooting medium like sand, or sand/peat, or peat/perlite. Viburnum often grows well when it is left alone, so … I was beginning to think I was the only one, and it’s only your above post that helped me identify the plant in the first place, as I’ve been searching under categories which cover plants that cause skin reactions, and as you say, there’s no record of it on any of the usual identification sites. Cut all the branches near the ground leaving about a foot of old wood. Rejuvenation is typically done only every three to five years, usually when the shrub starts to look overgrown or gangly. Hard prune in spring before the buds begin to open. Excerpts may be used, provided that credit is given to The Chatsworth Lady and/or the cited material is linked to its original content page or to www.chatsworthlady.com . Put on your chain mail and cut it to the ground when the leaves drop! I chop it back every year, and it still grows like the very devil. Apparantly this plant has quite a bit of weaponry at its disposal. From there prune it back by 30 %. Then plant a nice peace-loving shrub. Of course as I’ve seen, the darn thing grows like a weed, LOL. This enables the … If leaves don’t appear, cut stems to the ground. I could check Dirr’s, the definitive guide on this matter. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m740. Get as close as you can to the bulb of the flower, and then cut back the shoots of the flower about one-third down the branch. Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) This variety can tolerate partial shade. Thinking it was an insect, I instinctively brushed at the spot. However, I am pretty sure that (given the total lack of documentation in The Literature about allergic reactions to this shrub) contact with the shrub is probably not an issue for the majority of people. I also had V. plicatum ‘Mariesii’ and the pink ‘Molly Schroder’ although they were ultimately despatched by Hurricane Sandy. This shrub sits at the juncture of driveway, front walkway and garage. In fact, considering the amount of branches I removed, I was surprised that it eventually produced any flower clusters at all in May. It didn’t help. Here's a partial list of shrubs cited as growing back well after being cut almost to the ground: ... Texas ranger, weigela, witch hazel, Viburnum. At least I now know that the “hairy” viburnums are something I need to avoid. I hacked mine back to about 2.5 feet at the beginning of last winter (wearing gloves, long sleeves, and after most of the branches had lost their “fuzziness”) and noticed just yesterday that it’s already 4 ft tall again. If that happens, it is probably one of three reasons. Hard Pruning’s Three-Year Plan The first year, cut back one-third of the large, old branches to just about a few inches from the ground. However, this nefarious character who came with the Money Pit/Temporary Garden is another matter entirely. Place all cuts at least 1/4 inch above a leaf node to maintain and encourage branching. Yes there will be some suckers that grow from the base. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new Chatsworth Lady posts by email. Keep cutting humid until rooting has occurred. Use a pair of loppers or a fine-tooth handsaw to cut your large stems. When I examined my pruning gloves (after donning a pair of disposable latex gloves, of course) they were covered with them. Good point about the seasonal pruning. Meanwhile a corkscrew willow (supposedly belonging a family that loves hard pruning) has apparantly not survived being cut back to 4 ft at the exact same time. Like other garden trees and shrubs, viburnum is better to cut in the spring, before the sap. I would have ID-ed it as http://www.usna.usda.gov/Newintro/mohican.pdf rather than the one you ID-ed it as. But neither one, as far as I am aware caused such problems. How to Propagate a Viburnum. Place the shrub into the hole so that the top of the rootball is even with the surrounding ground level. If you have a young multi-stem viburnum under 2 feet in height, in later winter, when your plant is dormant, choose 1 to 3 of the healthiest and most upright trunks or main branches and remove the rest by cutting them off 1/4" above the ground or from their origin on a … The best way to treat your shrub is to cut out the dead, diseased, damaged and crossing branches. All Rights Reserved, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Rejuvenation Pruning: What, Why, When and How, Five Questions to Ask Before Pruning Anything, Keep it well watered (especially in hot, dry weather). The new growth is entirely covered in what looks like soft indumentum-like hairs. When to prune Viburnum pragense after a hard winter is after new growth starts appearing. I would suggest not to cut back to the ground (rejuvenation pruning) because this might cause too much stress for the plant. On shrubs with colored twigs, such as red and yellow twig dogwood, about one-third of the older wood should be removed every year to retain … Prune an overgrown, out-of-control leatherleaf viburnum to the ground in late winter, before it starts growing again for the season. Generally, this means cutting the entire shrub to near ground level, leaving a stub about two inches above grade. Note the new branches forming at ground level. Trim the sides of the plant into shape if needed. Viburnum odoratissimum is a fast grower; suspensum grows at a bit more moderate pace. According to the Ohio State University horticultural site ts parentage is V. rhytidophyllum x V. lantana. Exactly the same areas that came into contact with the leaves and/or stems. Printer Friendly Version. If no leaves appear, cut stems to ground level. I think you should maybe remove it altogether as it is close to where others could easily touch it. Stems won’t bloom that year, but flowers should appear the following spring. Down with the Killer Viburnum! The encounter began innocently enough: snipping some outer branches with my hand pruners. Perhaps I’d better start at the beginning. Pruning for this category only included thinning. Does your car have a tow-bar? Prune any branches clustered tightly together, especially if several cross each other. You'll be surprised at how fast the regrowth will cover those stubs. Instead of cutting them at the ground, leave about 1 ft (0.30 m) of the stem. Clip dead and diseased branches off at their base using anvil pruners. To remove your Viburnum from the nursery container it was growing in first squeeze the sides of the pot. Plant advice from The Morton Arboretum: The objectives of pruning deciduous shrubs are to maintain vigor, remove damaged or diseased branches, help maintain the natural size and shape of a plant, and improve flowering and fruiting. No tow bar on the car; also, because I don’t know how much the root system spreads, I’d worry about also uprooting part of the brick walkway that’s less than 3 ft away from shrub’s center (thus causing more $$, LOL). I do think that renewal pruning in late winter is … Ah yes, I have had a similar experience with Viburnum Rhytidophyllum, and with a bamboo with hairy edges to the leaves – the bamboo caused me to take Piriton – never again! 😉 It sounds like the “culprit” may be the V. rhytidophyllum parent in my case (assuming the hybrid is what I do have). Is typically done only every three to five years, usually when the shrub into hole... New branches to dispose of detailed explanation of the cut end ( bottom end ) with a of. 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