"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
emc wrote:
I have a large ceanothus (sp?) and it should be looking nice by now, but
it
isn't. In fact, it looks decidedly dead. The branches haven't got a
sign
of life. Do they die quite easily? I thought they were hardy.

They are fairly hardy, but not perfectly so, and don't like soggy,
cold ground. They are also fairly short-lived.


and temperamental too. Inclined to take umbrage and die for no apparent
reason

pk