Plants Resistant To Verticillium Wilt. Susceptible shrubs include barberry boxwood dogwood lilac spirea weigela and viburnum. The cultivars that are resistant to this disease will have the letter V printed in front of their name.
Gerbera jamesonii Tree of. Conifers are immune to the disease. The best conditions for verticillium to thrive are those of early spring.
It also attacks red raspberry but rarely.
The best way to avoid Verticillium wilt is to plant trees and shrubs that are immune or resistant. A fact sheet Verticillium Wilt of Vegetables and Herbaceous Ornamentals has more information on the effects of the disease on nonwoody hosts. If a tree died because of verticillium wilt do not replant the same tree species in. The fungus damages and kills plants by plugging up its vascular tissue preventing water and nutrients from flowing throughout the plant.
