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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: caroline7758 on August 26, 2017, 17:30:28
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Is there such a thing as a small Ceanothus? I've just dug out (or rather OH has!) my second one that has got too big for its spot. Is there one I could grow in a pot? I love it when it's in flower but it's not worth giving it too much room for the rest of the year in a fairly small garden!
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I'm not aware of a small variety. Blue mound tends to do as it says rather than climb.I have however managed to keep the shrub small by regular pruning once the plant has finished flowering.
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Heres one in a pot. Perhaps the pot acts like a bonsai and keeps it small
https://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/s10723-ceanothus-thyrsiflorus-repens-californian-lilac/?___store=default&gclid=Cj0KCQjw24nNBRChARIsALldLD17kOG9g_HRAU7ZmbWyAtHM-ExjCh33h4-8_JDgMA14_rwVR-kmfaIaAmFdEALw_wcB
or even this
https://www.scotplantsdirect.co.uk/all-trees/ornamental/trees-pot-grown/ceanothus-thyrsiflorus-repens-evergreen.html
Looks like they are both the same variety
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(http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Ceanothus/C1%20(1).JPG)
This was mine a few years ago I found that a good 'haircut' after flowering kept it to this size