It might be best to see a picture of this shrub. If you mean bare branches, it may be shedding to try and survive. Make sure your shrubs are mulched around the base and if they are still only 2-3 years old, best to water them in the late evening times.
I have seen many evergreen shrubs with large leaves drooping. Some completely dried out and looking dead, particularly Elaeagnus shrubs. It would be interesting to to see what happens in the next few months.
What can you do? show a photo for a start please, otherwise you will get conflicting advice, such as, if your shrub is newly planted then it is dependent on you watering it thoroughly this summer. If it is a large established shrub, then on no account should it be irrigated at all during summer... in its native environment it will go 6 months without water in Californian heat... it does not need to be watered..
I agree that in California that would be correct. However identical woody species, grown in different climates, develop very different anatomy and physiology, and so it is likely that a Ceanothus that has grown up in the UK. will behave quite differently from one in California. This has been shown in Olives imported from Greece, as against those grown soley in the UK.
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The shrub looks fine to me. A few leaves dried up can be seen even when temperatures are slightly cooler. What I do recommend is a light prune to keep some of the whippy shoots slightly shorter and create more branching and also avoid it being caught by winds and frost in the colder months. Cutting now till early autumn is fine.
Do keep on top of the watering, the shrub can do with extra help over this dry period. Water deep into the root area without a rose in the late evening times every 3-4 days will help it along.
Most of that plant, which looks like 'Autumnal Blue', is healthy with green all the way to the ground. Has someone been spraying anything near you?... I'm sorry to disagree with others but established Ceanothus do not require watering in this country, not even this weather which is a doddle to them, in fact it's a total waste of good resources to do so...
I think that plant has caught some weedkiller spray drift from a neighbouring garden...
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I have seen many evergreen shrubs with large leaves drooping. Some completely dried out and looking dead, particularly Elaeagnus shrubs. It would be interesting to to see what happens in the next few months.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Agree 100% !
However identical woody species, grown in different climates, develop very different anatomy and physiology, and so it is likely that a Ceanothus that has grown up in the UK.
will behave quite differently from one in California.
This has been shown in Olives imported from Greece, as against those grown soley in the UK.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Do keep on top of the watering, the shrub can do with extra help over this dry period. Water deep into the root area without a rose in the late evening times every 3-4 days will help it along.
I'm sorry to disagree with others but established Ceanothus do not require watering in this country, not even this weather which is a doddle to them, in fact it's a total waste of good resources to do so...
I think that plant has caught some weedkiller spray drift from a neighbouring garden...
Very odd to make this most likely scenario, IMO.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border