Dr. Phyto

laurustinus

Viburnum tinus

Diseases & pests on this plant

• black bean aphidAphis fabae

  Dense black colonies on shoot tips + flower stems + young pods, sticky honeydew + sooty mould on lower leaves, stunted + distorted shoot tips, flower + pod abortion in heavy infestations, virus transmission causing leaf roll + yellowing later in season.

• sudden oak death / Ramorum blightPhytophthora ramorumEU-notifiable quarantine organism

  Dark brown leaf blotches often starting at leaf tip + spreading along midrib, bleeding cankers on stems + trunks (oozing dark sap), wilting + dieback of branches, complete tree death possible within 2 years (oak + larch); shrub hosts (Rhododendron) show leaf blackening + stem dieback.

• vine weevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus

  Distinctive U-shaped notches around leaf margins (similar to Sitona on legumes), C-shaped white legless larvae (up to 10mm) feeding on roots inside pots, sudden plant collapse during summer despite normal watering (larvae have eaten all roots), adults visible at night feeding on foliage.