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"pmarkc" wrote in message
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I have a Ceanothus "Concha".
It bloomed magnificantly this year.
Now I am paying the price as it is shedding all its leaves.


Have a thorough look for aphids because, if they are present, they tend
to poison the shrub.

Eh? I've never heard of that. Exactly how could aphids poison a shrub,
and why would nature program them to kill their own food supply?

Janet.