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Post by DAG on May 12, 2008 19:29:58 GMT
Since the builder wrecked our garden (could not be helped really) there has not been much to photograph, but when I came back from my holiday last Saturday, my Ceanothus was all out in flower!
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Post by jc on May 14, 2008 12:42:12 GMT
Beautiful Dag
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Post by kedigato on May 14, 2008 15:42:05 GMT
That is fantastic! I've never seen such a lovely one before. You obviously give it lots of TLC and feed it some special fertilizer.
Ours has started blooming now too, but it is not a patch on yours. The bees love it though and hum around it all day long. It does smell like honey.
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Post by DAG on May 14, 2008 17:47:07 GMT
Well thank you JC and Kedi, and no I don't feed it at all, don't need to, it is now nearly 15 years old, and I just trim it twice a year.
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Post by DAG on Oct 25, 2008 12:33:40 GMT
The smaller Ceanothus on the other side of the garden seems to think that it is spring now, and there are now a few flowers on the lower part.
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Post by DAG on Oct 25, 2008 13:16:43 GMT
I am training the shrub to be a tree to match the other one! But the other one has no flowers on it at all at this time of the year! This is how it looks today:
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Post by kedigato on Dec 9, 2008 9:31:24 GMT
I'm just catching up here, DAG. I'll have to see if ours thinks it is spring too.
I see that you still had dahlias in bloom at the same time, guess you have brought them in now for the winter.
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Post by helofadigger on Jan 3, 2009 9:46:58 GMT
Dag your Ceanothus is such a stunner what a super colour too so intense it seems unreal.Hel.xxx.
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Post by DAG on Jan 3, 2009 11:16:19 GMT
Thank you halofadigger, yes it certainly is an eye-catcher when it is out in full bloom.
Only thing is that it don't usually last more than a couple of weeks! Some years when the weather is bad, it can be as little as a couple of days! Only takes a heavy down-pour or strong wind and the blossom is all on the ground!
It's real merit is that it is also everygreen and requires little attention.
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Post by helofadigger on Jan 4, 2009 9:50:40 GMT
I could be wrong Dag but I do believe I have a dwarf variety of the same plant. Mine has dark very shiny leaves and of course the blue little blooms when it's in flower but it is more of a ground cover than a bush.Hel.xxx.
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Post by DAG on Jan 4, 2009 14:12:14 GMT
It definitely does not have dark shiny leaves so I think your plant is something different Helen, also it is definitely not a ground cover plant, more a climber!
They say that they don't normally last for more than about 15 years, and mine is at least 10 years old now, and the smaller one about half that.
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Post by kedigato on Jan 25, 2009 13:38:59 GMT
Helen and DAG - there is a ground-covering variety.
I bought one a couple of years ago but unfortunately it did not do well and did not come back after the first winter.
My regular one always blooms nicely but not a patch on DAG's stunning ones. I cut it back a lot in the autumn as it was flopping over and looked very untidy. Have it sort of pinned to the wall now so that it will hopefully grow like a espalier.
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Post by strongy on Jan 27, 2009 21:14:49 GMT
Glossy dark green leaves and sky blue flowers, Ceanothus Repens probably, I have one and it spreads about 2ft each year so I have to cut it back each winter. It does cover the ground well.
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Post by kedigato on Jan 27, 2009 21:34:55 GMT
Well, I wish mine had been like that, Strongy, instead of just dying off on me. I might get another one and try again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 8:13:27 GMT
What a stunning tree... or I guess it is a bush. You've trained it to tree shape very nicely. Ceanothus .... I don't believe I've ever seen one before.
It would be a fantastic addition to any yard.
.jeanne.
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