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Advice needed please on this shrub

Murielthomas1924Murielthomas1924 Posts: 3
in Problem solving
My son has moved into a new house and has found several shrubs all have the same problem (?) can I please ask should he just dig them all up and replace them with something that doesn’t get this disease? Thank you for any help you can give me, Muriel

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited May 2018
    I think it's viburnum leaf beetle.
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=556

    Devon.
  • Murielthomas1924Murielthomas1924 Posts: 3
    Hostafan1 thank you for your reply. I’m new to gardening. So is this shrub a viburnum? Thanks Muriel xHostafan1 said:
    I think it's viburnum leaf beetle.
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=556


  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Yes Muriel you have a viburnum. Possibly V. Tinus
    There's one just around the corner from me with the same infestation. Smells awful too.
    The link Hosta has provided gives info on how to treat it.


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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I just leave them to get on with it. The plant does recover with no assistance. In fact Tinus is virtually bombproof.
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  • Murielthomas1924Murielthomas1924 Posts: 3
    hogweed said:
    I just leave them to get on with it. The plant does recover with no assistance. In fact Tinus is virtually bombproof.
    Thanks Hogweed for the reply. We have 12 of these shrubs and they are in such a sad state and as Pete8 says they smell really awful. It’s so bad that even a family member made a comment about the smell in the garden wondering if the drain was blocked. At that time I had no idea it was coming from the shrubs. We’ve spent the day digging them up, hard work but the garden looks so much better. Muriel x 
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