Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
Jersey tea, or prairie redroot, is a compact nitrogen-fixing prairie shrub with frothy white flower clusters that swarm with pollinators. Deep-rooted and drought-proof for meadows and dry borders.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, blue
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~45 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AR, CO, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, VT, WI, WV, WY
Related native plants
More Ceanothus species
- Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
- Snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus)
- Blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
- New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- Chaparral Whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis)
- Deerbrush (Ceanothus integerrimus)