Botanical Name: Ceanothus gloriosus 'Point Reyes'
Common Name: Point Reyes ceanothus
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a prostrate or low mounding shrub, forming a wide-spreading mat if unpruned; branchlets swollen at the nodes, with 'corky' stipules at base of leaf petioles
Height 6-18"
Spread 5-8'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun near the coast
Soil prefers well-draining sandy soils; tolerates clay slopes
Hardiness some frost (zones 4-7, 14-24); avoid dry hot summer locales
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, oval-broadly elliptic, dark green above, paler beneath, with distinctly spiny-toothed or dentate margins; leathery
Flowers deep blue, tiny, in dense umbel-clusters on the ends of short lateral branchlets; March-May
Fruit a small round capsule
 
Propagation:
softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an excellent large-scale ground cover or facer for gentler slopes or mounds, valued for its profuse flower display and foliage color best for informal landscape themes at low-elevation coastal habitats
 
Landscape Care:
Watering tolerates regular if drainage is excellent
Fertilizing little needed after establishment
Pruning head back low to ground after blooming period
Pests/Diseases relatively free; mealy bug and scale in heavy shade
Special Conditions/Other avoid hot interior climate locations
 
Origin: Central California
Family: Rhamnaceae

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