Our Plants (List)

This cultivar of the Carmel ceanothus was discovered in San Francisco in 1985. Diamond Heights was the name of the housing development where this interesting genetic variant was discovered. ‘Diamond Heights’ spreads in a rounded form to about one foot tall and six feet wide. The leaves grow densely, accentuating…

The griseus variety of the blueblossom, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, grows along the coast from Mendocino County down to Point Conception in Santa Barbara County. The variation in form, leaf color and size, and flower color is quite remarkable. This has resulted in many popular selections over the years. The ‘Bamico’ selection…

This selection of the popular Carmel ceanothus was taken from Sonoma County by SF Bay Area plantsman Roger Raiche in the 1980s. It grows as a mounding shrub to three feet or so with a rapidly spreading habit. The moderate height is rather rare among ceanothus. “Dark” is the best…

The griseus variety is the most commonly planted of California’s ceanothus. It is the coastal form of the widespread blueblossom, hugging the coast from Mendocino to Santa Barbara Counties. The Yankee Point selection was taken from a rocky, exposed bluff in northern Monterey County in the 1950s. Plants from such…

This tough and attractive shrub grows in the mountains of the central Sierra Nevada and southwestern corner of the state. The range extends into Baja, Mexico. It grows as an upright, fairly open shrub with shiny, oval-lance shaped leaves. The final size varies as with other shrubs. A height of…

This rare ceanothus is native to the coastal mountains of San Diego County. The form is vase shaped and upright, reaching about seven feet. The leathery leaves, gray bark and white flowers are reminiscent of the widespread buckbrush, Ceanothus cuneatus. Small nodules grow on the stems at the leaf nodes,…

‘Wheeler Canyon’ is one of many ceanothus involving Ceanothus papillosus. It was discovered in Ventura County by Dara Emery of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. It grows as a mounding shrub with arching branches to about six feet by eight feet. The dark leaves are narrow and ovate. The long…

The western hackberry is found in seasonally moist areas in many states of the American west and south. It also grows in Mexico. In California, the populations are scattered in the deserts of the southeast, typically in mountainous regions near waterways. This member of the elm family grows as a…