Detail
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Ceanothus 'Blue Pacific'
Californian lilac
Notes

Uses: Highly ornamental feature small tree.
Plant singly for contrast as a background plant in wider verges, nature strips and streetscapes or grouped as an informal hedge or barrier.
Suitable for parks, reserves, wider roadside plantings.
Attracts nectar eating butterflies and insects.
Requires well-drained soils and responds to pruning.
Note: This species is classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area provided they are not planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-open Open
  • Height 2-3m
  • Spread 4-5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Rhamnaceae
  • Botanical Name Ceanothus 'Blue Pacific'
  • Common Name Californian lilac
  • Origin North America
  • Habit Dense, Spreading
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Blue
  • Flowering Time Spring
  • Foliage Dark-green
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Ornamental, Screen
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Smooth
  • Form Small Tree (Up to 7m)