On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:47:02 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2010-03-07 12:06:35 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
said:

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:32:28 +0000, Kath
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GQT said that they are VERY short lived. Mine lasted less than 10
years, my husbands' one
is hanging on after 17 yrs. They were both the same variety.

What do other people think? Is this true?

Kath

How short is short? There is a Ceanothus in my garden that was already
fully grown when I moved in. That was 25 years ago so I would think
the Ceanothus is at least 30 years old. I've no idea which species it
is. It's deciduous, blue flowers and shiny leaves.

Steve

They don't like being cut back hard, so perhaps that has somehow
shortened some lives?

Mine just gets a trim. The dead flowers are removed by trimming down
to the next branch junction. That often results in more flowers. It is
about ten foot high.

Steve

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