Description: Ceanothus is a genus of more than 50 species, mostly evergreen, ornamental, flowering shrubs. They are mainly native to California, though some are found in the East, the Northwest and ...

THE farther one travels from Los Angeles, the better the chances of seeing California’s most ravishing native shrub, variously named backbrush, or snowbush, or pine mat, or whitethorn, or mountain ...

If Walt Whitman had lived in California, he might have written, "When ceanothus last in the dooryard bloom'd," for in California, it is the ceanothus that marks the "ever-returning spring." A native ...

The evergreen sclerophyll shrub, Ceanothus megacarpus, dominates the chaparral in many areas of the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Often occurring in pure stands, C.

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) and Ceanothus are two common plants found throughout California. There are approximately 60 species of Arctostaphylos, from prostrate forms to tree size. There are ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Life is hard for tough for plants sitting in a field without food or water. Such was the case for wild lilac (Ceanothus) when Neil Bell, a horticulturist for OSU Extension Service, ...

Helen Birks is in a bit of a quandary about her spring-flowering ceanothus (variety unknown) that she says has suffered from last winter’s extremes. It is about 8ft high, and spread in an umbrella ...

In an evaluation, OSU horticulturist Neil Bell found freely blooming Ceanothus like 'Blue Jeans' to be drought-tolerant, cold hardy and resistant to pests and diseases. (Neil Bell) Life is hard for ...

SAN DIEGO — Having defensible space around your home during fire season is critical to keeping it safe from wildfires. CBS 8 viewers wanted to know which types of plants are fire safe in the yard ...

Not having a ceanothus in the garden would be unthinkable, yet they are not the most accommodating of plants. For one thing, they die. Regularly described as “short-lived”, they turn up their toes and ...

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