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Ceanothus gloriosus
Also called Point Reyes Creeper
Point Reyes ceanothus is an evergreen California native shrub, flat and spreading to erect and up to about 2 m, grown for its blue to purple flower clusters. It needs full sun, good drainage and dry summers once established.
Ceanothus gloriosus is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common name Point Reyes ceanothus. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the coastline of the San Francisco Bay Area and areas north and south. It grows on seaside bluffs and the slopes of the coastal mountains. This shrub grows flat and spreading to erect, approaching two meters in maximum size. The evergreen leaves are oppositely arranged and up to 5 centimeters long, rounded to oval in shape. The edges are toothed, the teeth sometimes spine-tipped. The inflorescence is a small cluster of bright blue to purple flowers. The fruit is a horned capsule about 4 millimeters wide.
There are three varieties of this species:
The species, varieties, and cultivars are widely grown by the horticulture industry, and used in gardens and native plant landscaping.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus gloriosus 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.
