In tragic news, our ceanothus is dead or thereabouts . TBH it never was great, never once flowered all over. No idea why it has died, my suspicion is o/h cutting bits off let in disease. Anyway, we need to replace it!
See attached pic, it is the large brown thing to the right of the trellis. The roses on the trellis are Rambling Rector and Mermaid (white & yellow, yellow) the green bush to the right is hypericum (so yellow again) and there's a white buddleia at the left side of the trellis.
The spot gets pretty good sun until mid to late afternoon when next door's bastard big conifers shade it out.
We are on chalk, so no acid lovers, and drainage is fine.
I'd like evergreen, but not essential, it's way up the top of the garden, so ideally something that will make an impact at a distance, we love bright bold flowers, and the total height of the rear wall & fence is probably around 8 foot, no problem if it goes higher, the ground level on the other side is at the top of the breeze blocks, so they won't mind something showing over (the buddleia does already.)
Thank you!