Ceanothus sorediatus - Jim Brush

Jim Brush (Ceanothus sorediatus) is a fast-growing evergreen shrub or small tree of California chaparral, native to soils ranging from adobe to decomposed granite.¹ It grows 2-5 m tall and 2-4 m wide.¹

Inputs

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

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	2-5
Diameter (m)	2-4

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus sorediatus, Jim Brush | 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 >60 seconds ↩