I'd probably just buy another viburnum and plant it where I can see it.

I was leaning towards moving the viburnum, but mxk3 may have an even better solution! If you buy a larger specimen, it won't be long before the new viburnum is 6 feet tall.

Dee

6 feet is not very big. I move shrubbery and small trees that size all the time. I would move the Viburnum, but don't do it until it's dormant in mid-Fall. When the majority of the shrub has lost its green color/leaves, it's okay to move.

Around here that is usually late October to mid-November. That gives the plants at least 4 weeks to establish new roots before winter. They will continue to grow roots until the soil temperature is below 40 degrees F.

Coincidentally, I've got 3 6 foot Viburnum lentago that I really need to move out of a shade bed full of perennials. They were planted there as seedlings and it was supposed to only be a "holding bed"! Totally forgot about them this Spring - now it's too late, they're getting ready to bloom a few flowers (for the first time).

Thanks, guys!

Terrene, you sound like an expert at this. I don't know why I'm so scared about moving things. Clearly people do it all the time. I might post you back in mid-fall for more specific instructions.

We actually had an arborist out today to give us a bid on a few things. One of which was removing the pine in question. Keep you posted.

If there's no reason to remove the pine, it sure would be a lot less expensive (ie: FREE) to move the viburnum. I'm like Terrene and move shrubs of all sizes. I do however like the idea of buying a 2nd one! One can never have enough viburnums.

I should clarify, 6 feet isn't exactly small either - it's a decent effort to dig up a plant that size, but certainly not too big.

Another good reason to get more than one Viburnum is that they need to be cross pollinated to produce abundant berries - so you need two genetically different individuals with overlapping bloom times to get good pollination.