Re: anyone grow Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon?'
- Subject: Re: anyone grow Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon?'
- From: D* L* <c*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
Yes it takes more water than our purely Calif ones-- its a hybrid with an eastern ceanothus---
I planted it and its sister Gloire de Versailles in a sunny area in the Kaiser Roof Garden, which is irrigated, and they are doing fine last I saw.
Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, Calif.
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, N Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com> wrote:
> From: N Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com>
> Subject: anyone grow Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon?'
> To: "MeditPlants Plants" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 2:41 PM
> I brought this plant home from
> Suncrest Nursery up in Watsonville in the fall and have been
> trying to figure out where to put it. It is much much
> more delicate looking than the standard ceanothus and the
> leaves are very soft and flexible as compared to those I
> know. my intuition says to plant this one in part
> shade and give it more water than I would any native.
>
> Any suggestions? My summers often get into the 90s
> and winters down into the upper 20s (F). I'm worried
> this ceanothus will fry in my summer heat.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nan
>
>
