Santa Barbara Ceanothus
Ceanothus impressus
Santa Barbara ceanothus is a compact evergreen California lilac with crinkled dark leaves and intense deep-blue spring bloom. One of the showiest nitrogen-fixing ceanothus for dry, sunny gardens.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~45 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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