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Horticultural selection from Ceanothus maritimus. Point sierra California Lilac is a selection of maritime Ceanothus from just north of Arroyo de la Cruz. It is a small scale groundcover evergreen shrub, growing 1-3'high x 4-6'wide. We love Ceanothus maritimus and chose to grow this Point sierra selection due to it's increased tolerance of inland heat. Nonetheless, we recommend some light shade for hot interior gardens. Lavender blue flowers appear in early spring. This plant will grow in heavy soils and is great wildlife plant for butterflies, pollinators and birds.
Plant as a small-scale groundcover, as an accent in a dry border, or as a highlight in a rock garden. Trails over walls or rocks wonderfully. Maritime ceanothus adapts to many soil types, it will even grow in heavy soils as long as they are well drained. This groundcover ceanothus is slow-growing but long-lived. Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and part shade in inland sites. Selected from cuttings collected south of Arroyo de la Cruz by Austin Griffiths and David Fross in 1985.
Shrub
2 - 3 ft Tall
4 - 8 ft Wide
Prostrate
Moderate
Evergreen
Pleasant, Slight
Purple, Blue
Spring
Groundcover, Bank stabilization, Deer resistant
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