Ceanothus crassifolius - Hoary-leaved ceanothus

Hoary-leaved ceanothus (Ceanothus crassifolius) is a drought-resistant evergreen shrub or small tree native to the chaparral of Southern California’s interior mountains, growing in full sun on clay-loam soils.¹ It grows 2-4 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	2-4
Diameter (m)	2-4

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus crassifolius, Hoary-leaved Ceanothus | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩