Leave them for a while, Kath - one of my Hebes looked dead this time last year, so I left it until the end of May before I did anything, and it sprouted new shoots from lower down. My little Pittosporum was fleeced through the frosts and was fine - then a chilly wind has burned all the top growth, and it looks dead - but I'm also leaving that until later.

Thankyou Barbara last year hebe came through winter and had abeautiful show all of 2009 and of course Pittosporum was new 2009 but I forgot to cover with fleece.

There is new growth at bottom but top really frosted.

But we certainly have had along cold winter.

It's about time we had some nice warm weather, isn't it - and you must be colder than we are!

Oh yes nice warm weather needed all round and today very dreich cold and heavy rain.

Yeeeuuugggghhhh.... poor you! At least we didn't get rain today - cloudy, but not too chilly.

Hi again barbara still signof new growth on hebe and pittisporum .

And its wet and bitter cold again sleet showers this afternoon brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

My little Pittosporum came through the frosts - fleeced. and then I took the fleece off - we had an east wind, and it's dead. :-((

Sorry you've got nasty weather...again!

And its still raining ,I should have had fleece on top is all brown ,maybe if I give it a prune when climate warms up.

As for hebe think have lost it.

Need to get thinking cap on as what to replace it with.

I took one out - and I've put a pink ceanothus in - it's not evergreen, but it's hardy, which is important, isn't it.

I have not seen a pink ceanothus Barbara my ceanothus tree is also looked as if its been frosted.

Like idea of a pink ceanothus.

Yes - I saw one somewhere, and had it on my 'wish-list', so when I had to remove the hebe, I did it! It's only about 2'6" tall at the moment, so I'll have to be patient.

Have you lost a lot, Kath?

About 4 shrubs Barbara been looking on crocus online at another Daphne plant.

I get a lot of quaility plants from them.