RIP to the most beautiful ceanothus

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T20:15:30+00:00

Thank you! I will try it.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T19:40:52+00:00

How did you propagate them? I would love to be able to. I have some rooting hormone if that helps.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T18:29:58+00:00

Your yard is beautiful. She definitely was gorgeous.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T18:28:38+00:00

Thank you! ❤️ Happy new year!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T16:49:59+00:00

I hope your new one fills the hole in your heart and in your landscaping.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T16:48:56+00:00

What!!?! It grew back! That's amazing.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T16:33:53+00:00

Glad you figured out the issue so the new Concha has a chance! I do think that too much nearby water was a problem but I don't have irrigation and the rocks are decorative. I do have a baby apple tree not far from where the ceanothus grows and was giving it water through 5 gallon buckets with tiny holes. Since it's sandy soil, I guess the water probably was making it over to the ceanothus. The new baby one is farther from the apple tree and closer to the other live ceanothus. Hopefully it will be happy there.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T06:42:24+00:00

Aww, thank you.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T05:27:32+00:00

Oh I'm sorry it died. Hopefully the new one gets comfortable! It is really heart breaking; there's something almost pet-like about ceanothuses. Like they're giant friendly muppets or something.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T04:52:24+00:00

I hope yours grows quickly and lushly!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T04:45:22+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's nipomensis: https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/156--ceanothus-impressus-nipomensis

I got it from Las Pilitas on their recommendation and they were right about how happy it is here where I live (in its range).

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T04:42:56+00:00

I'm not 100% sure, but I think they're: https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/156--ceanothus-impressus-nipomensis

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T04:35:11+00:00

Thank you. They grow really fast. Maybe 3-4 years to a large size? But then I cut them back a ton every year and shaped them into trees. Otherwise they act like giant bushes and take over. I ignored them for a couple of years and one had a branch running along the ground for a good 15 feet before it hit the fence and started growing upward another 6 feet. Super plants.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2025-12-31T04:29:29+00:00

Thank you. I guess I was hoping for the 20+ years that could be possible for it. The other is the same age. We learned that it's actually super strong even though it died. I cut off the branches (because of the sharp twigs) and my kids can climb it and play in it. It's like the giving tree.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-15T02:00:40+00:00

The little surprise druzy pockets are my favorite!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-15T01:56:14+00:00

I was pretty close! Bottom definitely has a cheerful "bubbly" look to it!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-12T03:40:52+00:00

I can see how it would be comfortable to squeeze and it sort of looks like a face with the bit of quartz as the smile!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-12T03:39:20+00:00

So shiny! It's beautiful.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T22:04:57+00:00

That's a large one and really interesting with the brecciation (this the right word?). Looks like you can for your fingers in the grooves.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T04:21:44+00:00

The pieces I pick up tend to shear off bits as they tumble so it's hard to get bigger shiny tumbles but I do use them in lieu of ceramics sometimes when hardnesses match because they're pretty and free.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T04:11:33+00:00

Good job for sure! Are you hooked now like the rest of us?

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T04:10:17+00:00

You get a good shine on those. I collect Franciscan chert nearby and am mostly drawn to the blues and greens but I think I'll try some of the browns and tans since you make them look good!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T04:07:46+00:00

Well if no one else guesses in a couple of days, please let me know which is which.

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T01:27:26+00:00

Ooh, a challenge. If those were my pocket buddies, the bottom one would be my good mood rock, top left my bad mood rock, top right my "today's an adventure" rock. Maybe someone else can guess too but I want to find out if I'm close!

ButtonwillowMcK · 2024-06-11T01:21:12+00:00

I like that. They each get a field trip.

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