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Horticultural selection from Ceanothus maritimus. Frosty Dawn California Lilac, also known as Maritime ceanothus, is a small, evergreen groundcover 2'-3' x 5'-6'. Its low, compact and creeping habit make this an excellent choice for coastal gardens. Like it's parent, Frosty Dawn is slow growing but long lived, try planting Frosty Dawn Ceanothus on hills, mixed in with boulders, or in a border that has plants that also prefer low water. Leaves are greyish green above, nearly white with wool beneath. It produces dense clusters of lavender-blue flowers in spring, even as early as December. Provide additional water and protection from afternoon sun inland.
Horticultural selection C. maritimus; intro David Fross, Native sons Nursery Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and part shade in inland sites. Selected from cuttings collected by Austin Griffiths and David Fross south of Arroyo de la Cruz in 1985.
Shrub
1 - 2 ft Tall
3 - 5 ft Wide
Prostrate
Moderate
Evergreen
Pleasant, Slight
Purple, Blue
Spring
Bank stabilization, Deer resistant, Groundcover, Lawn alternative
Partial Shade, Full Sun
Low
Easy
15
Fast, Medium, Slow
Tolerates a wide variety of soils.
Tolerates saline soil..
Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
Tip prune if a compact shape is desired.
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), Coffee Berry (Frangula californica), Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Iris douglasiana, Coast Twinberry (Lonicera involucrata var. ledebourii), Black Sage (Salvia mellifera), Sticky Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) and Lupinus species
Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant