Ceanothus Puget Blue
Californian Lilac
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Common Name: Californian Lilac
Latin Name: Ceanothus impressus 'Puget Blue'
Soil: Well-drained soil
Position: Full sun
Flowering period/colour: May to June/ Deep-blue flowers
Hardiness: Frost hardy
Eventual height/spread: 2.8m x 2.8m
Special features: Dense evergreen shrub bearing clusters of deep blue flowers from red buds in summer.
This sturdy shrub has beautiful deep blue flowers borne densely in rounded clusters. It makes a superb specimen plant for a south or west-facing border among spring-flowering bulbs, and when it has finished flowering, it provides an excellent foil for later-flowering deciduous shrubs and perennials. It is a good idea to protect this one from cold winds.