Maritime Ceanothus
Ceanothus maritimus
Maritime ceanothus is a low, mounding evergreen groundcover from windswept California sea bluffs, with gray-green leaves and pale-to-deep blue bloom. Tough, salt-tolerant, and nitrogen-fixing.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 6–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~45 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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