I live in Reno, Nv, and I order plants every year from people here. They come nice and healthy, I get them in the ground, and they seem fine. Come the next spring, I've lost at least half (they are brown and dead). They are interspersed with the plants that made it.
Do evergreen or dormant do better here? I'm not sure what I should be looking for. I will go through and see if I can find out what I have ordered ( I just bought for the colors), and see if there is a pattern.
TIA