Description: Ceanothus is a genus of more than 50 species, mostly evergreen, ornamental, flowering shrubs. They are mainly native to California, though some are found in the East, the Northwest and ...

Ceanothus, the wild lilac with varieties native to both California and Oregon, can be seen thriving along the roadside in dry and generally poor soil conditions. (Marci Degman/Special to the Argus) ...

Ceanothus, or Wild Lilac, normally a late-winter or early-spring blooming native plant, can sometimes be triggered by rain ...

THE farther one travels from Los Angeles, the better the chances of seeing California’s most ravishing native shrub, variously named backbrush, or snowbush, or pine mat, or whitethorn, or mountain ...

If Walt Whitman had lived in California, he might have written, "When ceanothus last in the dooryard bloom'd," for in California, it is the ceanothus that marks the "ever-returning spring." A native ...

Ceanothus, a beautiful native common to the slopes of the Point Reyes peninsula and elsewhere in coastal California, comes in many forms suitable for domestic gardens. I can think of no other genus ...

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) and Ceanothus are two common plants found throughout California. There are approximately 60 species of Arctostaphylos, from prostrate forms to tree size. There are ...

Ceanothus is ideal for use in our Napa Valley gardens. The plant is native to California and very drought-tolerant once established. There are almost 50 species in our state and most are evergreen. It ...

Helen Birks is in a bit of a quandary about her spring-flowering ceanothus (variety unknown) that she says has suffered from last winter’s extremes. It is about 8ft high, and spread in an umbrella ...