Evergreen shrub
Fast growing, mounding shrub with dark green leaves. Medium blue flower clusters in late spring. Full sun in coastal gardens.
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Ceanothus “Julia Phelps”
Evergreen shrub
Small dark green leaves with impressive displays of deep blue flower clusters that completely cover the plant in spring.
Ceanothus “Kurt Zadnik”
C. griseus “Kurt Zadnik”
Evergreen shrub
Cultivated in Berkeley at the UC Botanic Garden from a plant found in Sonoma. A prolific bloomer with rich dark blue flowers. Edible seeds are favored by native mockingbirds and others.
Ceanothus “Louis Edmonds”
C. griseus “Louis Edmonds”
Evergreen shrub
Small glossy green leaves, medium blue flower clusters.
Ceanothus “Owlswood Blue”
Evergreen shrub
Fast growing tall shrub with dark green leaves. Deep blue flower clusters in late spring. Full sun in coastal gardens, not great further inland.
Ceanothus “Point Sierra”
Evergreen Shrub
Low mounding shrub with arching branches and clusters of lavender blooms in late winter to early spring. Excellent for coastal gardens, provide afternoon shade inland.
Ceanothus “Ray Hartman”
Evergreen shrub
Light blue flowers, dark green leaves. Fast-growing, completely drought-tolerant. Cold and heat hardy. Do not irrigate.
Ceanothus “Skylark”
C. thyrsiflorus “Skylark”
Evergreen shrub
Particularly dark green foliage and blue flowers. Good for coastal gardens, and as a low border hedge.
Ceanothus “Snow Flurry”
C. thyrsiflorus “Snow Flurry”
Evergreen shrub
Provides seeds that native birds thrive on. Huge sprays of brilliant white flowers in spring. Rich green leaves. Perfect for Bay Area gardens – drought-tolerant, easy to grow.
Ceanothus “Starbright”
Evergreen shrub
Medium sized dark green leaves on dense upright stems. Deep blue flower clusters completely cover the plant in spring.
Ceanothus “Tassajara Blue”
Evergreen shrub
Hybrid California Lilac with glossy deep green leaves, blue flowers in late spring to early summer. Makes a great hedge plant.
Ceanothus “Tilden Park”
Evergreen shrub
Small glossy green leaves with impressive displays of vivid blue flower clusters that completely cover the plant in late spring. Grows under native Oaks.
Ceanothus “Tuxedo”
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Evergreen shrub
Hybrid California Lilac with glossy deep green leaves, deep blue flowers summer through fall. Makes a great tall hedge, takes a good pruning. Drought-tolerant, easy to grow.
Ceanothus “Vandenberg”
Evergreen shrub
Small dark green leaves, compact clusters of dark blue flowers in late winter. Deer resistant.
Ceanothus “Wheeler Canyon”
Evergreen shrub
First found in Ventura County, great for coastal gardens. Clusters of blue flowers in spring, broad glossy green leaves. Tolerates clay soils.
Ceanothus “Yankee Point”
C. griseus “Yankee Point”
Evergreen shrub
Fast growing ground-cover shrub with glossy dark green leaves and blue flower clusters winter through spring. Can handle partial shade and as low as 20 F.
Ceanothus gloriosus
Evergreen groundcover
Low-spreading shrub with rich dark green leaves, light lilac blooms in spring. Edible seeds are favored by native birds. great for Coastal locations. Deer-resistant, cold-hardy, doesn’t like temps over 100F.
Ceanothus griseus v. horizontalis
Evergreen groundcover
Small glossy green leaves, medium blue flower clusters.
Ceanothus hearstiorum
Evergreen Groundcover
One of the lowest growing Ceanothus, excellent groundcover. Small bumpy green leaves, medium blue flower clusters. Protect from afternoon sun inland. Prefers fast draining soil.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Evergreen shrub
Large shrub can be pruned to a single trunked tree shape. 2″ glossy leaves, large sprays of dark blue blooms in spring. Rough bark with age.
Ceiba speciosa
Bottle tree to 50 ft. in ground with dense thorns on trunk. Deciduous.
Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa
Caudex develops “pimples,” or fissures, as it ages. In the Cucurbitaceae family, forms wild-growing vines with large lobed green leaves and large yellow-green squash-blossom flowers.
Cephalotus follicularis
Small pit fall traps at ground level. Likes warm temperatures in the summer.
Ceraria namaquensis
Very slow growing shrub to 6’h. with tiny ovoid green leaves
Ceraria pygmaea
Portulacaria pygmaea
Natural bonsai shrub succulent, to 8″h., with small thick green leaves. Stems can get 4″ thick.
Cercis occidentalis
Evergreen tree
Careful not to disturb roots when transplanting. Magenta flowers in Spring. From rocky soils at foothills. Bright green kidney-shaped leaves.
Cereus “Fairy Castle”
C. hildmannianus ssp. uruguayanus fa. monstrose “Fairy Castles”
C. peruvianus fa. monstrose
Large clusters of tightly spaced stems, to 2ft tall.
Cereus fa. monstrose
C. peruvianus fa. monstrose
Scalloped columns, blue; varies – some specimens very branchy, tall
Cereus fa. monstrose “Minima”
C. repandus fa. monstrose “Minima”
Small bumpy columns – varied branchy
Cereus fa. monstrose “Rojo”
C. peruvianus fa. monstrose “Rojo”
C. repandus fa. monstruosus cv. “Rojo”
Large white night-blooming flowers pollinated by bats, will produce edible fruit in hillside areas with bat populations.