Ceanothus gloriosus Hearts Desire

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Ceanothus gloriosus Hearts Desire was introduced by Cal Flora Nursery in Fulton. A Mountain Lilac that was found in the wild along the northern in the area of Point Reyes. one of our customers had it growing in red clay and full sun in Templeton's 100 degree weather. Heart's Desire will tolerate that the heat and sun, but needs some water to do it. We could not push it at all in our un-watered planting experiments. In coastal gardens Heart's Desire looks very good in a those small strips that nothing fits into. They tolerate parking lot conditions well. Flood irrigation once a week, people walking through them. Dogs watering them, garbage amongst them. Excellent sidewalk border, as long as they are watering about once a week. In most of California if water rationing took place, these plants should live as long as they've had a year or two to establish or they still get once a week water. In larger gardens use as the interface with a lawn in front of with Arctostaphylos 'Sunset', Arctostaphylos  franciscana, Ceanothus 'Yankee Point', Ceanothus maritmus or Salvia 'Gracias' to make a varied low ground cover. Tolerates gardens conditions better than most of the other Mountain Lilacs. Click here for more about Mountain Lilacs.