Bigpod Ceanothus
Ceanothus megacarpus
Bigpod ceanothus is a large evergreen chaparral shrub of southern California, among the earliest to bloom, clouding hillsides white in late winter. A drought-proof nitrogen-fixer and pollinator resource. The leaves and flowers steep into a pleasant tea.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 13–13 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- 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
More Ceanothus species
- Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
- Snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus)
- Blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
- New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- Chaparral Whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis)
- Deerbrush (Ceanothus integerrimus)