Ceanothus

From the Greek
Cea = what?
No = no
Thus = flowers.
Another casualty of the cold weather in January, so I set to with loppers and saw to cut it down prior to digging it out when we had something to go in its place.
But what’s this down at ground level in amongst the weeds? Green shoots of recovery, so the threatened massive cut down ended up as a severe tidying up instead. Watch this space…..