Ceanothus

do you know, i was out and about the other day and saw a Ceanothus just like yours Dag.i was sitting twiddling my thumbs in the van waiting for OH while he priced a job drooling over it and thinking,"i wish i had one of them".i didnt have a clue what it was but now i do thanks to this thread. :D

 

Brilliant Dag. I fact I find it much more attractive as a tree than a bush. Do most varieties carry on growing to a considerable height. Mine is call "Shell" - well, that was the name of the garage from whose forecourt I borrowed a cutting. :D

 

Well you are all very kind, but I think its not too bad after my necessary brutal attack last year.

Didn't start out with the idea of it being a tree, you know, little plant in a pot as birday present from daughter, oh stick it in there! As it grew bigger it became a pain trying to weed around it, so I pruned it very hard lower down and it decided to become a tree!

Only thing I can remember was Californian Lilac and I looked at the crocus site yesterday and they are all called that so sorry I havn't a clue!

Anyway I thought you wanted dark blue?

 

Sorry, forgot to mention that it is evergreen as well.

 

If anybody wants cuttings from it your welcome, I would need advice as to best time to do it, bearing in mind its evergreen and never dormant, and best way to send thro' the post?

elainefiz: Thanks, hope you are not in a hurry then?

PeterS: :D I like that, reminds me of my late mother who used to carry a small pair of secateurs in her handbag to take cuttings from peoples front gardens! :D

Don't know ultimate size that it could reach but I'm not allowing it to get any bigger! I would think without being pruned twice a year that it would be at least twice that size!

I read somewhere that they are likely to die by about 15 years of age...anybody?