Ceanothus tomentosus - Woolly leaf mountain lilac

Woolly leaf mountain lilac (Ceanothus tomentosus) is an evergreen shrub with silver foliage and blue flowers, native to the Sierra Nevada foothills.¹ It grows 1-2.2 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2.2
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus tomentosus, Woolly Leaf Mtn. Lilac | 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 ↩