Project plans: bye-bye ceanothus...

April is when my Ceanothus 'Dark Star'...is at the top of its game. The buds are amazing...

...and the flowers live up their promise.

Here's an image from when both it and the Echium wildpretii were both blooming...
And here's what it looks like now, not very exciting eh?
Ya, not very exciting at all, and it's taking up a lot of space! Space that gets quite a bit of sun, something that's becoming more and more rare in the back garden. Here's an orange outline so you can better see it's size.
Currently under the ceanothus there's a Nolina hibernica 'La Siberica', Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata', a bit of Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' and a small Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling', I'm sure they'd all love a little more sun...and I could definitely cram in a few other things.
And it's not the fact this plant is "boring" when it's out of bloom that has me thinking I'll get rid of it. Actually for years I've loved the foliage. This year it's just not looking its best though.
Dropping a lot of those little brown leaves.


And I won't lie, getting a better view of things like my variegated daphniphyllum wouldn't be a bad thing!
Yep, that's a lot of "nothing space"...
I think I'll get to work tearing it out later this fall, and then let the space settle over the winter. Spring plant buying will give me something to look forward to!