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Horticultural selection from Ceanothus thyrsiflorus. This garden selection grows to 4 feet high x 6-1 wide. Bright shiny evergreen leaves and medium-blue flowers in spring. It makes a large mounding shrub or ground cover, great for erosion control massed on slopes and banks, or a low, informal hedge. Plant in full sun in coastal gardens, provide partial shade inland. Attracts bees and butterflies. Hardy to 15 degrees F.
Horticultural selection C. thyrsiflorus: origin = cuttings (198) Arroyo de la Cruz, san Luis Obisbo Co.; intro Nevin smith, suncrest Nurseries 1981 Grows best in sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soil. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. Collected by Nevin smith in 1981 from Arroyo de la Cruz in san Luis Obispo Co; introduced by Wintergreen Nursery.
Shrub
6 - 10 ft Tall
6 - 10 ft Wide
Mounding
Fast
Evergreen
Pleasant, Slight
Blue
Spring
Groundcover, Hedge
Partial Shade
Low
Moderate
25
Fast
sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soils.
Soil PH: 5.0 - 7.0
Tip pruning helps maintain a compact shape. Larger shrubs benefit from removal of leafless interior branches to open up structure and encourage new growth. Pruning is best done in dry season to prevent infection.
6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Flannelbush (Fremontodendron spp.), Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida), Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.), Coast Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum), Sticky Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus), and various Rhus and Ribes species
Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant