29+ Ceanothus Winter

This ceanothus hybrid can have a very long flowering season. Ceanothus california lilac is a beautiful shrub that will reward you with the most glorious lilac blue pink white racemes of flowers in the spring and summer depending on the variety.

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Ceanothus winter

Ceanothus autumnal blue a taller late flowering variety growing to 3m in height. The flowers are a darker blue than other varieties and appear in late spring. Regarded as one of the hardiest of the california lilacs ceanothus victoria is a vigorous bushy evergreen shrub noted for its abundant clusters of brilliant indigo blue flowers in late spring and early summer.

The buds are reddish. On good years it seems to only stop flowering in the coldest part of winter. Pest problems for the most part ceanothus does not have pest problems.

Graceful arching form makes a perfect specimen or espalier. In very cold winters plants may need some protection from frost. Shiny emerald green foliage turns almost black in winter.

Ceanothus california lilac belonging to the rhamnaceae family ceanothus is a large genus including over 60 species. Sweetly fragrant the flowers are produced from mid spring to the onset of winter. Another variety with the rhs agm.

Well suited to foundation planting or groundcover. Plant in fall or early winter so that winter and spring rains can take care of watering the plant while it establishes itself. The west coast from british columbia to california has temperatures that are low enough in summer and mild enough in winter to support this plant and indeed most species of ceanothus originate in california and southwest oregon.

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