If it's broken, no point in keeping it.

I assume that means the dead parts can be cut back now. :) -- Or did you just mean to say throw them all out?

Maro

PS: Why is it 0:38 where you are and 10:09 Friday here in Everett?

Because you have to specify which time zone you want your postings to show. Most browsers assume Universal Time, which us old fogeys call Greenwich Mean Time, unless you tell it to show a different time zone.

I'd hold off on pruning the hebe, but the viburnum and garrya should be ok.

OK, thanks! -- for both bits.