You know, had not gotten around to growing Ceanothus down in SoCal...this one came in the loads of plants that Bex gave me and I had no idea that they smelled like this ! Has not been affected by Wilt thus far, been in the ground for about 4-5 years now maybe.....I'm glad that you got some.....Bex said that she had 4 or so on her hillside that gets no summer water and they died...I find that surprising, didn't think that they would require any...