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Ceanothus griseus
Carmel ceanothus is an evergreen California native shrub, often over 2 m tall or wider than tall, with dense clusters of blue or purple flowers. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little summer water once established.
Ceanothus griseus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names Carmel ceanothus and Carmel creeper. 'Carmel' refers to the Carmel-by-the-Sea region in California.
The species and cultivars are widely available in the horticulture trade for conventional and native plant habitat gardens.
This Ceanothus is endemic to California, where its distribution extends throughout the Coast Ranges in the northern two thirds of the state.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus griseus 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.
