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


Speaking of which, how do you train a ceanothus that's growing away from
a hedge over a path? It's not shaded by the hedge but it is rapidly
growing forwards rather than more upright. It's not the prostrate one
and only about 5 years old.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk