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Viburnum plicatum watanabe

paulbaxendale4813wtYe2lypaulbaxendale4813wtYe2ly Posts: 65
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Been looking for one of these and seen this in the bargain corner at blue diamond  Knutsford  for a fiver do you think it will survive. Thanks 

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2023
    @paulbaxendale4813wtYe2ly I think there is a very good chance.  I would pot it on for now into a slightly bigger pot.
    Also plant it more deeply. You can control the watering and in Autumn plant it out.
    I bought one from Blue Diamond for a tenner a few years ago. It was very pot bound. With TLC it has been fine. Viburnum's are very tolerant of soil types. 
    I would add is it has taken time to establish in the garden. I have needed to water in dry spells for two years. There was a recent post on here that suggested that V Watanabe does need plenty of water.
    There is a broken piece that I would neaten up with clean secateurs.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    It looks fine, it is probably a bit pot bound so I would tease circling roots out when planting into the ground. You might find it easier to keep it in its pot until Autumn as it can be easier watering a container plant than one in the ground during hot weather. Personally I always plant at the same level as the plant was in its original pot, except for clematis, but maybe I am being overly fussy.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Yes I agree about planting at the same level. I just wonder if it's life at the GC has involved alot of watering eroding away some of the compost on the top but it is marginal.
    It has probably been in the pot a long time and as @Loxley mentions the roots will be circling around and will need to be able to get out and into the soil.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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