California Wild Lilac Hybrid / 'Frosty Blue' Ceanothus

Ceanothus, or California Lilacs, have a reputation for being big and beautiful, and this hybrid introduced by Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden only adds fuel to this fire!!  Frosty Blue is a fast, Fast, FAST evergreen shrub, quickly reaching 7-10 feet high and 8-12 feet wide and capable of a little more both ways, but DON’T BE SCURED!  With a little pruning, this excellent California Native can be formed into a completely drought tolerant purple-blue flowered tree, or leave it alone to form a dense hedge.  This plant puts on an AMAZING flower display in the Spring…seriously, people will want to know what that plant is in your garden with the flowers you spray painted blue!  Ok, maybe not, but because of its dense growth habit, long flower show, tolerance of clayey or sandy soils and its very fast, evergreen nature, we recommend Frosty Blue as ONE OF THE BEST native hedge or screen plants available!