19+ Ceanothus Wild Lilac

I realize i haven t written about ceanothus commonly called wild lilac which has been ablaze with its blue blooms lately. Long 12 cm in late spring and early summer.

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Ceanothus wild lilac

Ceanothus or california lilac is a vibrant attractive flowering shrub native to north america and found across the west growing wild. Regarded as one of the best california lilacs for gardens award winner ceanothus concha is a dense evergreen shrub noted for its abundant clusters of deep blue flowers in late spring and early summer. It s short livedness is a rumor for us and backed up by ceanothus in the wild living 90 to 100 years.

Marie simon bears soft pink blossoms ceres lilac pink blooms. California lilacs or ceanothus are some of our most fragrant and colorful shrubs here in california. The myth of ceanothus being short lived is primarily spread by incompetent gardeners that insist on drip irrigation summer water and soil amendments.

One of the facts on california lilac is that it is not a true lilac in the genus syringa but it does produce amazingly fragrant blooms from late spring into early summer. Shiny oval to oblong green leaves are 12 inches long. Free flowering lovely foliage ease of cultivation drought and salt tolerance.

Grows to form a broad 2 to 3 feet high mound. California lilac ray hartman ceanothus blue sky previous next one of the largest growing california lilacs ceanothus ray hartman is a vigorous evergreen shrub or small tree noted for its abundant clusters of radiant medium blue flowers up to 5 in. Incredibly showy award winner ceanothus dark star california lilac is a spreading evergreen shrub noted for its abundant clusters of fragrant dark royal blue flowers in late spring and early summer.

Many others are exclusively native to california which is why the common name is often known as california lilac characteristics. Ceanothus dark star california lilac california lilac dark star. Of the evergreen varieties leaves tend to be small rounded to oval toothed and somewhat leathery in texture usually dark green.

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