Ceanothus gloriosus - Point Reyes ceanothus

Point Reyes ceanothus (Ceanothus gloriosus) is a fast-spreading evergreen groundcover ceanothus of the Northern California coast, with blue flowers on dark green foliage, among the best choices for stabilizing beach sand.¹ It grows 0.2-0.3 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub¹
• Evergreen¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹
• Soil stabilization¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.2-0.3
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus, Pt. Reyes Ceanothus | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩