Botanical Name: Ceanothus maritimus 'Point Sierra'
Common Name: No common name (a cultivar of C. maritimus)
Type of Plant: dicot/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a very distinctive, low spreading plant, with foliage and densely-set stiff branches forming a low mounding shrub very similar in appearance to some Cotoneaster species (C. dammeri)
Height 1' - 3'
Spread 4' - 6'
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors thrives in full sun at coastal locations; requires some shade at interior locations having hot dry summers
Soil requires well-draining; can tolerate clay soils
Hardiness some frost (zones 4-7, 14-24): prefers mild coastal zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, with corky stipules (is in 'Cerastes' group); mostly obovate, with emarginate apex; 1/4"-1/2" long, dark shiny above, distinctly pale gray-green beneath; crowded on the stem
Flowers pale blue-lavender, in densely-set round clusters, mainly toward the ends of branchlets; fragrant; March-April
Fruit insignificant
 
Propagation:
softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an excellent facer or low mass-filler, for rock gardens or mounded-slope plantings; avoid usage as large-scale ground cover except in mild-climate coastal zones
 
Landscape Care:
Watering drought tolerant except at hot inland sites, where supplemental deep-soak irrigation is required in summer (10-14 days)
Fertilizing little needed
Pruning selectively head back any arching or upright branches to enhance the low-prostrate form; do not shear
Pests/Diseases susceptible to root-rot diseases in poorly-draining clay soils during the summer
Special Conditions/Other performs best in partially shaded locations inland
 
Origin: the species (C. maritimus) is native to coastal San Luis Obispo County
Family: Rhamnaceae

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