Does anyone have a ceanothus Yankee Point?

[notsolittlegrebe]

If so I would be very grateful if you could tell me about it

I'm particularly interested to know:

• does it attract as many bees as other ceanothus?

• how tall does it grow? (I'd be planting it below the front window which is 1m above the ground)

• any experience of growing it in clay soil (I'd obviously dig in a lot of grit and organic matter before planting)?

• what do you grow around it?

And lastly, if it doesn't sound like a good idea are there any alternative varieties you'd suggest?

Thank you!

Ugh I just gleefully ripped up a ceanothus from below (and around) my front window. Newish property so not sure what variety and I absolutely hate the brutes so maybe not the most objective contributor here.

Bees? It was covered. I waited for the blooms to go over before getting out the chainsaw. And as for size it was bloody massive and blocked out all potential light. Nothing could grow around or under it, which meant a whole flower bed in out small front garden rendered useless.

Here’s a photo of my husband halfway through dismantling it...

Haha, well good to get a different viewpoint I guess - I think they're gorgeous!

A quick google of C. Yankee Point says that it is a low growing shrub - to about 1 metre high, so it should be fine for your location. Whiffle probably has a much larger growing variety which can reach small tree dimensions. I'm sure bees will love the flowers just as much as other varieties! It would prefer a sheltered and warm aspect, and Ceanothus can be quite short-lived plants.

I've got a Yankee point, which is trained flat against the fence.

It was recommended especially for that position because you can can prune it back hard and it will resprout from the old growth,
but part of it is at least 10 feet high where I have not pruned the top.
It is evergreen through the winter, but this year for the first time in 15 years it really suffered with the cold. I just hacked back all the dead bits, and sprouted happily, but we didn't get many flowers.
The flowers attract loads of beas, but they are not as dark blue as most ceonothus.
It is easy to root new plants from cuttings.

Thanks both - that's really helpful!

I had googled nan, I'm not that lazy it's just that some websites say 1m high and some say 2.. if it's ok to be pruned as choccy says it should be fine though