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This attractive ceanothus has a very limited distribution in Sonoma and Napa Counties in the SF Bay Area. Found in sunny sites with well draining soil, holly-leaved ceanothus grows as an open rounded shrub to five feet or so. The leaves are leathery, dark green, and edged with conspicuous holly-like…

Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ is one of many well-known Bay Area introductions. Originally collected in a garden near Saratoga in the 1940s, it is believed to be a hybrid of Ceanothus arboreus and C. thyrsiflorus var. griseus. It grows in a rounded form to nearly 20 feet tall and wide, but…

Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ is one of many well-known Bay Area introductions. Originally collected in a garden near Saratoga in the 1940s, it is believed to be a hybrid of Ceanothus arboreus and C. thyrsiflorus var. griseus. It grows in a rounded form to nearly 20 feet tall and wide, but…

This ceanothus is one of the many chance garden hybrids introduced by Las Pilitas Nursery. They consider a likely hybrid between Ceanothus oliganthus var sorediatus and C. thyrsiflorus var griseus. It has the oval, shiny leaves of the latter, as well as the generous spring flower display. The form is…

Monterey ceanothus is encountered in coastal settings intermittently from the SF Bay Area to San Diego County. It is one of several ceanothus species that generally flowers in white. The ‘Snowball’ selection grows as a mound of arching gray branches with small leathery, gray-green leaves. Its mature size of four…