Winter damaged Ceanothus

I agree this winter as done alot of damage, so pleased they are coming back.

Its sad to see it looking so brown and dead, but hey its not dead. Theres new life. So looking forward it will soon be ok again

Nice suprise there, nature at its best!

That's wonderful to see all the new growth :o)))

so nice to see the new growth .....

That exact thing happened to my friend. They did come back but now two cold winters, poor things!

You have a great history with your garden, Annella and it is always looking so spectacular....I reckon your shrubs will reward you yet :)

It's so disheartening for those gardeners who have lost prized plants after our harsh winter....I hope you can post at a later date and show us two revived bushes, spilling over with blooms once again.

OH, that's a really happy ending Annie! I am so glad! I wonder if mine will also do this in a couple of weeks time.....I'll let you know. The other shrub that is most badly damaged is my Drimys Aromatica. Of course, if I'd known what was coming I'd have planted it in a pot and kept it under cover! The top half is all rusty coloured but the underneath looks not too bad...just have to wait and see. Thanks for giving me hope for the Ceanothus though! :))

I posted this blog as I have seen, asked and answered questions on Ceanothus after the bad winter. The good advice was wait and see you could be surprised! Give your shrubs time to see if they can recover before doing anything drastic, it could be well worth it. The Ceanothus in my garden are all mature and it would take a long time to replace them so I am pleased to see them growing back. This year I will grow some in large pots knowing that they are short lived and will need replacing soon, 10 years is a good life span for them and mine will be that this year.

it is sad to see damaged plants after all your care over the years, my neighbour has one so i must look over and see how its doing.

I'm glad mine are still alive San, tell your neighbours about this blog if there's is looking poorly

nice blog..one of the frustrating things being a total novis is how to react to something and when..i know i spent ages in the shrub border last year and yet im not so sure anything as survived and worried i should be doing stuff now to prevent problems later..

your shrub looked fantastic last summer and the new shoots can only be promising..fingers crossed they all come back and reward your obvious hard work

its so inspiring to read this level of commitment..its changed my whole gardening ethos..in fact its changed the way i think about living here..and what i want to do and get out of the space i have for growing..

thank you

What a great thing to think that this blog and community has changed your ethos and plans Skips! My FIL, now departed, was a time-served gardener. He used to tell me to leave all 'dead' shrubs and trees for a year before digging them out. I've never had that kind of patience, but it was good advice I think!

It's sad to lose plants we've had for a long time, but there's hope when we see new growth appear. I'm glad your shrubs are recovering. I hope we never get a winter like that again :(

thats looking so hopeful ~ i really hope it only gets better.

My Honeysuckle got a real pasting with all that snow the weight of it pulled it off the fence but when I got a good look at it it has new shoots and the lower branches branches are away along the fence again.

So pleased to see your beautiful Ceanothus coming back, you are right they are short lived, ours is on it's way out, it dies a little more each year, we have cut it down to see if it will regrow, but, I am not holding my breath lol

Dotty there were two more on the slope when I moved in, both died off slowly. I tried timming but nothing helped. At least they grow quickly when you replace them.
Skip I'm glad we have given you some inspiration and you know there is always someone on here that will be able to help you. What a great place when all you have to do is take a photo and all your questions are answered :o))

have lost some stuff as well.......... pashion flower and jasmin urggg , so going to replace them ................. brill urs have come back .

I think I have lost a pashion flower too Chris, it was new last year

mine was aswell ........ got a pink one now fingers x.

I would love the pink one but never see them, I will have to go online

Good to see the recovery ... I'm sure they'll be back. It's amazing how resilient some plants can be. Fingers crossed!

got it at parkers g.c hun , have a look on line .............

I have lost most of my garden from the extra cold temps.
I live in Derbyshire and my 15 ft bay had gone brown and crispy,also my ceanothus of 9yrs and 5 cordyllines all 12yrs. They will be missed. I shall wait and see regarding the bay and ceanothus but no hope with the others they were so rotten.Do you really think I can use the bay leaves still??

Sorry to hear about you losses Akamum. I removed a 9 year old Ceanothus 'Burkwoodii' on Saturday due to wind rock, it had become completely unstable. Not sure about your Bay leaves.

That's good to see new life there Annella....it's so heart wrenching when well-loved shrubs and plants are decimated by the cold. I'm afraid I've pulled a lot of mine out, including an Escallonia and two Choisyas...I loved the lime-green leaves they had. My small Ceanothus is still brown, even 3 Buddleias have succumbed, so I too am only planting very hardy things from now on....:o(