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Pansies look fab& the little bunnies set off the whole scene :)

Keep an eye on them - you could spray them anyway to ward off Botrytis - which is usually fatal. Advice about keeping them dry-ish and well apart still stands, also be careful not to splash the leaves when you do water them.

Do the brown spots look as though they are developing grey mould on them? If so, it's called Botrytis, and the only thing you can do is take off the affected leaves and 'segregate' those cuttings (or even destroy them, unfortunately) from any that are not showing any spots. Botrytis spreads by spores in the air from one leaf or cutting to the next, and if an affected leaf flops and touches a stem, the stem will also rot. The cuttings may be too wet and cool, this is the usual cause. Where are you keeping them? Are they too close together? You can spray the healthy remainder with carbendazim.

Looking good so far Nanny. Keep us updated on the progress

They( Viburnum Tinus) seem to make a good standard shape, though I would think you would have to be careful pruning or you would lose the flower,I do agree it is such a good value plant.I think the one shown is Eve Price.

Viburnum tinus is top of my list of Desert Island shrubs (if you could only have eight shrubs in the garden, what would they be?). Evergreen, good shape, just about pest and disease-free, not fussy about soil or site and flowers for six months. Brilliant!

Think I'll start this off as a new question and see what people suggest :-)

hi there i agree with owdboggy Viburnum tinus. - it does flower through the winter and after the flowers it has really unusual blue coloured berry.

It is a Viburnum, probably one of the tinus group, but would need to see it closer too to be sure.