May 13—Ceanothus is a diverse group of shrubs called by the common nicknames "Wild lilac" and "California lilac", since the majority of species are native to California. It's easy to find a spot ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: The Green Gardener will appear bi-weekly until spring while Lisa Van Cleef attends the docent training program at Strybing Arboretum. So, you want to plant a native plant. You know ...

CALIFORNIA LILAC. Ceanothus. Size:6 inches-20 feet tall, depending on variety . Color:Blossoms range from white to violet to dark blue . Water:Low . Sun:Full to half .

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 ...

Though most commonly associated with California and often called California lilac, Ceanothus is native to the entire West Coast from Southern California up into British Columbia, as well as other ...

Ceanothus, California wild lilac, would make a great addition to your native plant garden. The blue-lavender flowers are lightly fragrant. One caveat: the mature plant does not tolerate summer ...

California lilac Native to California, ceanothus is a blue-flowering evergreen shrub that likes its summers warm and dry and its winters not too chilly. In full bloom in June, the blue flowers are ...

I have no doubt you have noticed the beautiful blue flowers of ceanothus all over the country at the moment. California lilac, as it is commonly known, is used to life in lovely uninterrupted ...

Fortunately, my TikTok algorithm has come to my rescue, and it seems that these pretty, colorful trees are in fact ceanothus, also known as "California Lilac".And it's not just me who has taken ...

Ceanothus, more commonly known as California lilac, is a beautiful flowering shrub found in thousands of gardens across the UK. If you want to keep the plant in check and ensure long-lasting ...