Ceanothus hearstiorum - San Simeon ceanothus

San Simeon ceanothus (Ceanothus hearstiorum) is a flat, mat-forming evergreen shrub native to the central California coast near San Simeon, needing part shade inland and grown as a ground cover.¹ It grows 0.07-0.3 m tall and 0.5-5 m wide.¹

Inputs

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

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Ground cover¹
• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.07-0.3
Diameter (m)	0.5-5

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus hearstiorum, San Simeon Ceanothus | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

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