did you plant it???

w/o a pic.. its hard .. to speculate much

i wonder if it was planted too deep way back when .. and with clay.. whether the trunk is being kept to wet ...

a lot of clay peeps actually plant on the high side.. and then mound a bit.. to offset the inherent problems with a heavy clay soil ...

and what do you mean when you say 'installed' ... to me .. that infers someone else did it .. was if ball and burlap.. was the burlap removed... etc ... was the hole amended ...

aw heck.. dan's default number one.. not enough info ...

as to whether you should divest.. thats up to you.. it should be a pretty vigorous plant.. and i dont know how many years i would mess with one that seems to be under-performing the way yours is ..

ken

Ken, Thank you for your response. Actually the shrub was planted by a landscaper, it was balled & burlaped, the burlap might not have been removed completely as I did saw it around the trunk when the shrub was put in place by the landscaper. It was a new hole with new soil as the house was build new 4 years back. So far I have seen, the soil is mostly clay & do not think it was amended. The place where the shrub is might not have enough soil as one side of it is the driveway & on three sides of it is concrete blocks; part of steps/walkway going inside the house. It is by the entrance door of the house. I will try to take a pic of it & load it. Thanks.