Ceanothus - Cultivation

Cultivation

Many species are popular garden ornamental plants, and dozens of hybrids and cultivars have been selected, such as 'Flexible ceanothus', Ceanothus × flexilis Greene ex McMinn (C. cuneatus × C. prostratus).

The following cultivars and hybrids have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

  • 'Blue mound'
  • 'Burkwoodii'
  • 'Cascade'
  • 'Concha'
  • 'Dark Star'
  • 'Italian Skies'
  • 'Puget Blue'
  • 'Gloire de Versailles'
  • 'Topaze'

(See also C. arboreus and C. thyrsiflorus).

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