Ceanothus impressus - Santa Barbara ceanothus

Santa Barbara ceanothus (Ceanothus impressus) is a nitrogen-fixing evergreen shrub native to California’s coastal chaparral, in western North America, grown for its blue flower clusters and a green dye extracted from them.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Dye¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus impressus | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩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 (also recorded at 50 seconds in a second reading) ↩