1001+ Ceanothus Wood

Fire hardened branches were made into digging sticks. Ideal for a sunny sheltered position ceanothus are shrubs which can grow to 10 feet tall if planted in a sheltered sunny position.

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Unfortunately the native wood rat and mule deer find thin leaved ceanothus particularly delectable and their pruning can easily mar a once attractive specimen. How to grow ceanothus. A garden favourite ceanothus are known and grown for their impressive flowering display whether growing a free standing or a wall trained shrub a deciduous or an evergreen here s all you need to know to get the best from your plant. Still other varieties flower heaviest in fall.

Some ceanothus also enjoy a second smaller flush of late summer blooms on the current season s new stems. Belonging to the rhamnaceae family ceanothus is a large genus including over 60 species of diverse and beautiful shrubs or small trees. The prostrate forms of ceanothus work well as ground cover. The ideal time to plant is late fall through early winter when rains can foster deep root growth.

While ceanothus can be shaped by tip pruning and cleaning out interior or low dead growth it resents serious cutting back into old wood where shoots cannot be produced. One species of this shrub is known by the name new jersey tea or redroot. Ceanothus california lilac is a beautiful shrub that will reward you with the most glorious lilac blue pink white racemes of flowers in the spring and summer depending on the variety. Ceanothus seeds which can be heard exploding out of the drying capsules are eaten by many kinds of mammals.

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