May 13—Ceanothus is a diverse group of shrubs called by the common nicknames "Wild lilac" and "California lilac", since the majority of species are native to California. It's easy to find a spot for ...

Description: Ceanothus is a genus of more than 50 species, mostly evergreen, ornamental, flowering shrubs. They are mainly native to California, though some are found in the East, the Northwest and ...

Ceanothus, the wild lilac with varieties native to both California and Oregon, can be seen thriving along the roadside in dry and generally poor soil conditions. (Marci Degman/Special to the Argus) ...

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) and Ceanothus are two common plants found throughout California. There are approximately 60 species of Arctostaphylos, from prostrate forms to tree size. There are ...

Water needs: Water regularly the first year to establish the plant, then drought-tolerant. Snapshot: Ceanothus, also known as California lilac, is the envy of every garden for many different reasons.

In an evaluation, OSU horticulturist Neil Bell found freely blooming Ceanothus like 'Blue Jeans' to be drought-tolerant, cold hardy and resistant to pests and diseases. (Neil Bell) Life is hard for ...

For me, the great question at the plant nursery these days is whether to buy the little plant or the big one. The small Hot Lips salvias I bought two years ago are fat and fluffy and covered with ...

JORGEN GULLIKSEN Land Trust of Napa County Jul 3, 2020 Jul 3, 2020 After the 2017 Atlas Fire burned all of the Land Trust’s Foote Preserve on Mt. George, rare fire-following wildflowers were not the ...

The best native plants for a drought-tolerant pollinator garden are low-maintenance perennials and shrubs that attract bees, ...

Then visit a new children’s garden at Kew and harden off bedding plants Plant this Blue doesn’t come more dazzling than the Californian lilac (ceanothus). Spring-flowering members of this clan of ...

My partner and I are planning to replant a small area of our garden in the autumn in which the most prominent shrub is a ceanothus – about 8ft tall, with a wide canopy, and three "trunks" each thicker ...