Ceanothus griseus horizontalis Yankee Point

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Ceanothus Yankee Point' is an evergreen shrub that commonly grows two or three feet tall and ten feet wide. A mounding mass of glossy green with blue flowers in Mar-May. Does best near coast, good in coastal valleys, ok inland if given a little afternoon shade and weekly sprinkles. VERY useful for large bank stabilization. Mix with a few Fremontias, Salvia Pozo Blue' a splash of Eriogonum fasciculatum, arborescens, or giganteum and a few live oaks. Plant on 10 ft. centers, it will usually be that big in 3 years. If you want fast fill in plant Salvias and Monkey flowers in between. Yankee Point Ceanothus will roll over them leaving color sticking out here and there in the sea of green.
This species the deer love , they will seek it out and eat it roots and all(nary a speed bump left). Use Ceanothus Joyce Coulter', Snowball' or porrectus if the deer are hanging about waiting for lunch. Not as hardy as many other Ceanothi, the container stock died at 15 deg. F, tips burned at 20 deg. F. The plants in the ground were destroyed at 0F. (If you see a little frost on your windshield, don't freak out,  you are NOT too cold.) This is a big and fast mountain lilac.
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