PLANT OF THE MONTH:
White bark California lilac
Ceanothus leucodermis
IN THE GARDEN: White bark California Lilac is an evergreen shrub that grows to 8 feet tall and six to ten feet wide. It grows at a moderate to fast rate. Space 8-10' apart. With the white bark and azure blue flowers, the bush makes quite a show in spring. It is very drought tolerant and provides excellent erosion control on steep slopes. It does best is well-draining soil, in its natural habitat it grows on dry, rocky or sandy slopes in the Chaparral or in the openings of forests or woodlands.
ECOLOGICAL VALUE: Attracts Birds and Butterflies. Drought tolerant. Erosion Control.
NATIVE DISTRIBUTION: Found in California and Baja California, where it grows in coastal and inland mountain habitat, such as chaparral, coniferous forest, and oak woodland (calscape.org).
AT THE NURSERY: We currently have 124 in D-40 containers which are $6.75 each and 24 in TB4 containers (recently bumped 7/3/19) for $11.25 each.
