Ceratostigma willmottianum 'Forest Blue'

#blue

What a gorgeous shot 👍

Love this plant I thought I had lost mine when we moved but it is now doing well 👏👌👏👌😍

Love blue flowers

A friend has just donated a big shrub to me, that is pot bound and she thinks it will fare much better in my 'new' garden, but i know nothing about it. Any tips/hints? @robbiec

@DebsC do you know what shrub it is? Is it the same as this picture? General advice: if something is pot bound it will benefit from potting up into bigger pot or into the ground.

Ha! Yes, its definitely going to have to go in the ground, it doesn't look happy at all as it is. Lots of spindly dead wood, which i think will do well cut out asap. I font know that its 'forest blue' but its certainly chinese plumbago. I'll get a pic of it tomorrow.

@DebsC ok. If it's a form of ceratostigma it will be a hardy form. If it is the other form of plumbago, which is more upright and vigorous, they are not hardy and cannot be left outside all year.

Thanks @robbiec, this is quite bushy, and has been outside throughout the year.

@DebsC loosen roots a little by teasing them with your fingers or a hand fork if they are really tight, dig a whole 10cm bigger than the root ball (all the way around & underneath) put some fresh potting compost in the bottom of the hole, put plant in, pack compost around the sides, firm in nicely, water well. Job done.

That's going to be on hell of a hole! I may be, some time....a job for the weekend methinks