Is my Ceanothus ‘Concha’ dead or will it recover?

Davekay

Hi all,
We have a had mature Ceanothus Concha in our garden for around 8-10 years. This spring, all of the leaves went brown and died for no apparent reason. I have asked around and the only reason I can come up with is that it may because of the dry summer we had last season. I was about to cut it down and replace with something else when I noticed a green shoot at the base with green leaves has sprouted. 

I have taken some images and attached. It was a lovely plant which the bees loved. I do t know if the rest of the plant is dead or not.  Is it worth waiting to give it a chance to recover or is the plant unrecoverable? 

Any advice would be appreciated 

Thanks

Fairygirl

I think many of them are short lived. 
If you can wait a while, that green shoot might grow on a bit, and you may be able to resurrect things a little. The rest is unlikely to come away though, by the look of it. 

Davekay

Thanks very much for the advice. Looks like I’m going to have to get it out. Shame

Tanty2

I have Arboreus Trewithen Blue and have had them for about 4 years.  I was told when I bought them that they'd live between 5 and 10 years, but unlikely to last longer than that, so this sounds similar.  Sorry not to have happier news, but the silver lining is an excuse for a new plant