Re: small ceanothus?

I grow Skylark here in southern France, the Languedoc, and it remains quite a compact shrub. Mine is about 1m20 tall and 80cm spread after five years. It flowers later than cvs such as Concha etc, in late May/early June. It has stood up to plenty of cold winters (-7°C tonight for example) but also to temps of 35+ and rarely to 40°C+ in the summer. It has no regular water but does benefit from the fact that I very occasionally water plants about 2m away during July & Aug. I even had the cheek to tranplant it once without problems, and I find Ceanothus difficult to transplant.

Gill Pound
S France


----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Frost" <ohcaroline@yahoo.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: small ceanothus?


I'd love to grow ceanothus in my small garden but most
cultivars appear to be too wide. Sunset does list C.
Thyrsiflorus "Skylark" as being 3-6 ft. tall, 5 ft.
wide. Have any of you had experience with this plant
or any other small ceanothus? Any planting/care
advice?

Thanks!

Caroline
Santa Barbara, California
Sunset zone 24
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