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Description

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens, or as it's more commonly known, Creeping Blue Blossom, is an incredibly beautiful Californian Lilac filling your garden with its blue blooms and glossy evergreen leaves that are guaranteed to demand everyone's attention during late spring. During May and June, it produces beautiful pale blue blooms that create clouds of colour that are a magnet to many beneficial pollinators. Very easy to grow, this variety is one the hardiest members of the ceanothus family, it has been trimmed into a lollypop standard form and is perfect for planting in a pot on your patio. Delivered as a standard tree in a 3L pot approx. 80-90cm tall, ready to plant straight out.

Top Tips

Remove faded blooms to keep your Californian Lilac Tree tidy.
Cut back new growth to healthy leaf sets while it is actively growing to control the shrub's size. Do not cut branches that are more than 1 inch in diameter.

Care Information

To keep your Ceanothus tree looking at its best, remove any side shoots (laterals) from the trunk of the young tree in the winter. Any weak or competing shoots can also be removed from the top of the tree if needed.
By keeping your Californian Lilac in its pot, you can limit its size and keep it manageable. Spring is the best time to repot a potted ceanothus.
Repot your standard tree every other year. Use the same pot if you want to keep it at its current size, or up to 5cm (2in) bigger is you would like to grow it on a bit more.
Remove your Californian Lilac from its pot and trim off any rotten roots or roots that are winding around the outside of the root ball.
Cut away the bottom one-third of the root ball using a pruning saw and replant using fresh potting soil or compost.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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