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Buckbrush

Ceanothus cuneatus

Also called Buckbrush Ceanothus, Cuneate Ceanothus

Buckbrush
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0

Buckbrush is a spreading, evergreen California native shrub in the Rhamnaceae family, known for abundant fragrant white or blue-tinged flowers. It is grown as a tough, drought-tolerant garden shrub in dry, sunny sites.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, then let the soil dry out; established plants need little summer water.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor and rocky soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; hardy to about -12 °C once established.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Oregon to Mexico (NW. Baja California), Guadalupe
Climate
temperate

About

Ceanothus cuneatus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names buckbrush and wedgeleaf ceanothus.

Where it grows

This Ceanothus is native to Oregon, California, and northern Baja California, where it can be found in a number of habitats, especially chaparral.

Other Ceanothus plants

New Jersey tea · Feltleaf ceanothus · Fendler's ceanothus · Point Reyes ceanothus · Carmel ceanothus · Jersey tea · Vail Lake ceanothus · Blueblossom · Redroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus cuneatus 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.

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