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.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March
- 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