Hard pruning Ceanothus

jollyanna

Please can someone tell me if Ceanothus (Spring flowering) will re-generate if I prune it back hard now? It's 5 years old. Thanks.

maria340

Mine seems to like being pruned hard. I wouldn't recommend moving one,I moved one once but it didn't survive.

Old_Joe

It's a general principal that Spring flowering shrubs be pruned after they finished flowering. This is because all next year's flowers come from the new growth made during this year.

Mojisola

We had a Ceanothus which grew larger than expected. We used to cut it back to bare wood every few years and it flourished. I was amazed at how new shoots would push their way out of older woody branches - it made it a good dense bush.

susieb

we cut ours with a hedge trimmer everyyear after its flowered

Jack's_mummy

wait until it has flowered.

jollyanna

Thanks everyone.I'll go ahead and give it a tidy up now and then wait til it's flowered for a good going over.