Ceanothus Lemon And Lime Unique Gold Green Foliage With Bright Blue Flowers

Native tree reaches 15 feet in height with a spread of 10 to 15 feet. Tolerates all can be lime tolerant but leaves may become chlorotic on shallow chalk soils.

Seattle Garden Ideas 2012

Ceanothus lemon and lime unique gold green foliage with bright blue flowers

Inconspicuous greenish white flowers are easily detected by the delicious orange blossom like perfume. Warm colors such as these are wonderful to use in outdoor rooms where you host parties or the kids like to play. It will produce masses of sweetly fragrant blue flowers in spring through to early summer.

Genus ceanothus can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees with simple leaves and small blue pink or white flowers in profuse axillary or terminal clusters. Lemon and lime is an evergreen shrub to around 2m or more against a wall with narrow mid green leaves broadly margined with pale creamy yellow. Chartreuse used with other bright colors like red orange yellow and gold will create a sunny happy space or combination planter.

Ceanothus lemon lime is an exciting new variety of evergreen california lilac an upright shrub with bright gold and green variegated foliage hence the name lemon lime. Ptelea trifoliata aurea golden leaved hop tree. How about a bit of variegated ceanothus blue foliage midspring may.

Fast growing award winner ceanothus autumnal blue california lilac is a bushy medium sized evergreen shrub noted for its abundant fluffy clusters of sky blue flowers in late summer and early fall. The flowers are so profuse that they literally cover the bush creating a breathtaking floral display. One of the hardier variegated ceanothus cultivars the exotic sounding zanzibar sports lime green leaves with dark green splashes.

Ceanothus lemon and lime get started today select an appropriate option. Not as vigourous as non variegated variants but can potentially grow to 2 5m. As the leaves age the lime green turns to a pale yellowy cream colour at least the one i grow do.

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