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Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue' 1g

Medium blue, frosted flowers with dark green, small leaves. Heavy soils okay. Highly recommended.

Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' 1g

Electric blue, long-blooming flowering show. Tolerant of garden conditions. Blooms well in shade. Good for long, narrow spaces. Cold hardy to to 15°F

Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps' 1g

Ceanothus 'Owlswood Blue' 1g

Showy inflorescences on treelike shrub with dark, glossy, broad leaves. Okay in shade or Partial Sun and heavy soils.

Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' 1g

Beautiful shrub or small tree with long medium blue flower clusters. Okay for shade, assorted soils.

Ceanothus griseus v. horiz. 'Yankee Point' 1g

Dark green, dense ground cover. Flowers are long & abundant and medium sky blue. Adaptable. Okay in heavy soils. Cold hardy to 15°F

Ceanothus griseus v. horiz. 'Yankee Point' 5g

Dark green, dense ground cover. Flowers are long & abundant and medium sky blue. Adaptable. Okay in heavy soils. Cold hardy to 15°F

Ceanothus hearstiorum 1g

Ceanothus spinosus 1g

Long inflorescences usually light to medium blue on light green leaves. Green trunk. Deep rooted, good for hot sunny slopes. Cold hardy to at least to 15°F.

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark' 1g

Dark green glossy leaves with very dark blue flowers. Relatively garden tolerant

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Snow Flurry’ 1g

Dark green glossy leaves with long, pretty greenish white flower clusters that never brown on the stem. Exceptional. Heavy soils okay.

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Snow Flurry’ 5g

Dark green glossy leaves with long, pretty greenish white flower clusters that never brown on the stem. Exceptional. Heavy soils okay.

Eriogonum arborescens 1g

A beautiful mid-sized buckwheat that has become quite popular in California native and drought tolerant landscapes. Creamy-white umbels of flowers cover the shrub in late spring. The flowers have a tinge of pink color but appear mostly white/cream. Like...

Eriogonum cinereum 1g

A smaller-leafed California native buckwheat that grows naturally in the Santa Monica Mountains among other areas in the coastal sage scrub communities. Although primarily used in restoration and revegetation projects, this species can be used in a...

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson' 1g

An inspiring selection of the California native common buckwheat that has significant commercial and residential appeal, particularly with erosion control, slope stabilization, and coverage. Exceptionally drought tolerant once established and basically...