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Ceanothus americanus
Also called Redroot, Jersey Tea, Jersey Tea Ceanothus, Mountainsweet, Wild Snowball
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) is a deciduous shrub native to eastern and central North America, grown for its white flower clusters. It is a tough, drought-tolerant native that does best in full sun and sandy, well-drained soil, and it dislikes wet roots.
Ceanothus americanus is a species of Ceanothus shrub native to North America. Common names include New Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, variations of red root (red-root; redroot), mountain sweet (mountain-sweet; mountainsweet), and wild snowball. New Jersey tea was a name coined during the American Revolution, because its leaves were used as a substitute for imported tea.
Ceanothus americanus is common on dry plains, prairies, or similar untreed areas, on soils that are sandy or rocky. It can often be located in forest clearings or verges, on banks or lakeshores, and on gentle slopes.
Feltleaf ceanothus · Buckbrush · Fendler's ceanothus · Point Reyes ceanothus · Carmel ceanothus · Jersey tea · Vail Lake ceanothus · Blueblossom · Redroot
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus americanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
