Ceanothus rigidus Snowball

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Ceanothus rigidus is a low evergreen shrub with small dark green, leathery, holly leaves, and white flowers cover the foliage in spring Ceanothus 'Snownall' needs some summer water and afternoon shade in the interior. Snowball can be used as a large scale ground cover along the coast where Buck and Bambi think your place is a salad bar. . Ceanothus Snowball loves to have the dust washed off every week or two. As long as the ground doesnt get wet you can water every summer this way. This keeps the plants looking clean, doesnt trigger lunch with bambi, and makes the planting relatively fireproof. Use with other Ceanothus for its white flowers. Compatible with Ceanothus 'Mills Glory'. in large scale groundcovers. Or plant in the center for a mounding effect when mixed with Ceanothus porrectus.. Drop a couple of (Cercis occidentalis) Western Redbud. in too and you've got a stunning garden. This California lilac, like many others, likes cool soils(roots hidden under rock, log, or afternoon shade) and to be summer dry, but for the soil to have moisture in it. They LOVE to be five to ten foot from a lawn. Having said all that, at our Santa Margarita we planted the original plants in part shade and they grew to four foot tall and six feet wide. Later we planted a few, during winter, in full sun, watered once, and we got a true 'Snowballs' Two foot round mounds of white, with no water in full sun, in soil that dries to bedrock(about 10 feet) every summer(100-110 F. for months) Ceanothus rigidus is a rare plant, centered on Monterey. No damage at 15 degrees F. Click here for more about California Lilacs (Ceanothus). Why do the roots of some of the Ceanothus look funny?