Viburnum Tree Bark

Burkwood viburnum viburnum x burkwoodii.
Viburnum tree bark. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 2 9 metres 7 30 ft tall with a short crooked trunk and stout spreading branches. Suitable for usda hardiness zones 5 to 8 this variety grows to about 8 feet in height and spread and is extremely fragrant outstanding cultivars include. The top branches still seem okay but the lower branches are dead and the bark is peeling off. The black haw viburnum is a species of viburnum shrub that can also be trained to grow like a small tree.
Anne russell a compact shrub with pink flowers and red fall foliage. The bark is reddish brown very rough on old stems. It features abundant clusters of snowy white flowers called cymes that bloom in the spring. Mohawk an 8 to 10 foot shrub with a spicy fragrance with white snowball flowers that open from red buds.
Bark and branches botryosphaeria canker is a serious disease of viburnum and many other ornamentals. These fungal leaf spots on viburnum typically are angular to irregular shaped and the leaf tissue in the spots is sunken and dry. This shrub was discovered by a man named augustine henry. The viburnum is located on the north side of my house.
Fungal leaf spots a variety of leaf spots are caused by the fungi cercospora spp phoma spp and phyllosticta spp. It is about 12 to 15 feet tall. Last year it seemed fine. This damage was only noticed this spring.
Spots may begin small but enlarge or merge and may be reddish to grayish brown. In spring new leaves emerge copper colored followed by white flat topped flowers. Other common names include water elder cramp bark snowball tree common snowball and european cranberrybush though this plant is not closely related to the cranberry. In fall black fruits contrast with the pinkish red foliage.
The common name guelder rose relates to the dutch province of gelderland where a popular cultivar the snowball tree supposedly originated. Its evergreen leaves are reddish when they are young and shift to green and this plant particularly attracts bees butterflies and birds due to its fragrant flowers. The fungus produces fruiting bodies that show up on bark and branches as brown to black plump bumps. It is characterized by dead or wilted leaves.
After the flowers are fertilized and fade away black fruits known as drupes form and ripen by fall. A great plant for naturalized areas. Henry s viburnum shrub can be developed into a small tree by forming a single trunk through pruning.