Ceanothus ramulosus - Coastal buckbrush

Coastal buckbrush (Ceanothus ramulosus) is an evergreen shrub native to beach sand and coastal chaparral of California, bearing masses of fragrant blue flowers in spring.¹ It grows 1-3 m tall and 2-5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-3
Diameter (m)	2-5

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus ramulosus var. fascicularis, Coastal Buckbrush | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 7 seconds ↩