Ceanothus White

Photo credit walter siegmund. Ceanothus cordulatus is a species of shrub in the buckthorn family rhamnaceae known by the common names mountain whitethorn and whitethorn ceanothus.

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Fast growing these desirable shrubs draw attention with their stunning flowers. Around 50 species of evergreen deciduous shrubs small trees. Grows in sandy soil but this ceanothus has tolerated our clay soil very well so far for over 15 years. Fragrant white flowers in late spring early summer.

The flowers are white greenish white blue dark purple blue pale purple or pink maturing into a dry three lobed seed capsule. Free flowering lovely foliage ease of cultivation drought and salt tolerance. The flowers are tiny and produced in large dense clusters. It is native to california and adjacent sections of oregon nevada and baja california where it grows on mountain ridges and other forested areas.

A few species are reported to be intensely fragrant almost to the point of being nauseating and are said to resemble the odor of boiling honey in an enclosed area. Ceanothus commonly known as california lilac offers almost everything a gardener could wish for in a shrub. About 30 species are from california some grow in southern oregon. About mountain whitethorn ceanothus cordulatus 3 nurseries carry this plant.

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