The cultivar, ‘Santa Ana’ is a more moderate height, about five feet usually, and bears deep indigo flowers. C. griseus is a compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark green and finely toothed up to 2 inches […]
Ceanothus griseus ( Carmel ceanothus Yankee Point )
‘Yankee Point’ is a more diminutive cultivar, not more than two or three feet in height, but a vigorous and profuse bloomer with brilliant, sky-blue flowers. C. griseus is a compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark […]
Ceanothus griseus ( Carmel ceanothus )
C. griseus is a robust shrub, with very dark green and glossy leaves. The flowers may be nearly any shade of blue from fairly light to quite dark.Compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark green and finely […]
Ceanothus gloriosus ( Point Reyes creeper )
‘Anchor Bay’ is as dense, but not quite as prostrate as species, sometimes reaching to nearly two feet in height and two or three times that in width. The flowers are midnight-blue. C. Ceanothus is a compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen […]
Ceanothus gloriosus ( Emily Brown ceanothus )
The cultivar, ‘Emily Brown’ is larger than species, as much as three feet in height, and puts forth diminutive, dentated leaves and very dark blue flowers. C. gloriosus is a compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark […]
Ceanothus divergens ( California lilac )
C. divergens is a dwarf variety, rarely more than three feet in height with glossy, holly-like leaves (though without spikes) and dense flower cymes in violet-blue. Compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark green and finely toothed […]
Ceanothus dentatus ( California lilac )
C. dentatus differs from other Ceanothus only slightly, being smaller of stature, usually less than five feet in height, with small leaves and small flower cymes in deep blue. Compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub with leaves that are oblong, glossy, […]
Ceanothus arboreus ( Trewithen Blue ceanothus )
The cultivar ‘Trewithen Blue’ is a robust cultivar, which can attain very large proportions, possibly as much as twenty feet in height and slightly more in width. The late spring blooms are scented and borne in abundant bluebery-blue panicles. C. […]
Ceanothus americanus ( NewJersey tea )
C. americanus bears white flowers early in summer and is a very tolerant plant, managing even in poor growing situations.Compact, low-growing, broad, deciduous shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark green and finely toothed up to 3 inches long. White flowers […]
Ceanothus ( Topaze ceanothus )
The cultivar, ‘Topaze’ produces large, deep green leaves and sizable flower panicles in deep midnight-blue. Compact, low-growing, broad, deciduous shrub. Leaves are oblong, glossy, dark green and finely toothed up to 2 inches long. Excellent for a shrub border or […]
