[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

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Tania
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In March, my husband and I had 2 Shamel Ash trees planted in our back yard by Moon Valley Nursery.  Within the first few days they began to lose some of their leaves. I didn't think anything of it because the paperwork we were given warned of possible shock to the plants and the possibility of trees shedding leaves. A week or two later, we had a huge wind storm that blew off the remainder of the leaves.  It has now been almost 7 months and to my dismay, still no leaves have returned.  I'm worried that maybe the trees may have died but I don't know what to look for since from the very beginning it hasn't had leaves. I don't know if maybe we should hold out until spring to see if more leaves appear or if we're just too far gone.  HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!