Our Plants (List)

Jim bush is a common ceanothus in coastal mountains throughout much of California. It grows quite large in a dense, mounding form up to about 15 feet. As with all ceanothus, the rich green leaves of jim bush look great all year. The early spring flowers are a sky blue….

This is another San Francisco Bay Area introduction of longstanding. ‘Owlswood Blue’ was discovered in a garden in Oakland, CA, in the 1950s and introduced to the nursery trade by the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation in 1975. Ceanothus arboreus and Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus are thought to be the parents, as…

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…