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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:16 am Post subject: Need Help! Plant is dying (I think)
Hello,

I am new to this forum so please forgive me if my question is at the wrong place.

I bought couple of new plant that are drought resistance since I live in California and I don't have sprinkler system set up in my planting area. Anyways, don't know what the plant is called (i tried to read it from the recipet but handwriwas bad so couldn't make up the words). here are some pictures.

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Its been little more than a week since i bought them and planted them in my front yard. Now, Location of the plant is such that they get shade in the morning/afternoon then completely sunny in afternoon/evening. I been watering them every other day (eventhough nursery where I bought them said that it should be every day to help them develope roots, but I figured if i water them too much, roots may be flooded with water so much that it may not uptake nutrients very well.) Usually, the soil is little bit wet when i water them every other day.

All, i know is that its a shrub and i think its flowers are yellow. I broke a small branch off to see if they are dry inside but branch is green from inside. So I don't know if this is normal or not since they all look kind of sad and droppy. Nursery is like 30 mins away and I have two week return policy on it so don't want to dig it up and put it in the black vase that it came in and take it back to find out its ok.

Can you please help me ID this shrub and tell me what is wrong with it (if there is any).

Thank you.

OK, it looks a little like a europs to me in leaf shape. It is hard to tell from your pictures and the dried leaves. They have a yellow daisy like flower and do very well here in s. California. Did the flowers look like this?

I think what you have is transplant shock. Keep up with the regimen you have begun and if it is a europs it will certainly recover.
Europs are a great shrub and enjoy sunshine a lot but will grow in the conditions you have given it. They tend to bloom most heavily in the winter months but you could see blooms at any time of year. I cut mine back in June to keep them in the size and shapes I want them. They take regular water but forgive you if you don't sometimes after they are established.
Here is a whole hedge of europs in bloom in January.