Ceanothus 'Gloire de Versailles' - 2014

8 Jul, 2014
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Deciduous form of Californian lilac. It carries its main flush of flowers now on a bush five feet or more tall, and another smaller flush in the autumn. It will also take pruning - cut back to within a bud of the previous year's growth in spring as it starts to shoot.

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Dottydaisy2

Is this one short lived like the other varieties of Ceanothus?

8 Jul, 2014

Andrewr

DD - I've had this for seven years so far, and it's still extremely vigorous, so I'm hoping it's not going to suddenly die on me.

9 Jul, 2014

Dottydaisy2

Pleased to hear that, my friend had an absolute beauty an evergreen dark blue one which was the best it had ever been last year, and I am talking 8ft x 20 ft this year it died....just like that!! it was 14 years old.

9 Jul, 2014

Andrewr

Could it have drowned after last winter?

10 Jul, 2014

Dottydaisy2

Who knows, I know they are not long lived shrubs...

13 Jul, 2014

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