Ceanothus, or wild lilac, begins its annual blooming cycle this month — at least in the warmer coastal areas. Assuming sufficient rainfall arrives, by March virtually every chaparral-covered canyon ...

G ardening in fertile California provides the opportunity to create beds using solely native plants. While purists favor the strictly home-grown look, plants from similar climates, especially those ...

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Ceanothus is ideal for use in our Napa Valley gardens. The plant is native to California and very drought-tolerant once established. There are almost 50 species in our state and most are evergreen. It ...

Seed dispersal of Ceanothus cuneatus and C. leucodermis was studied in an oak-woodland community in the central Sierra Nevada of California. As the capsule of Ceanothus (usually containing three seeds ...

Freeze/thaw stress was examined in chaparral shrubs of the genus Ceanothus to determine the interactive effects of freezing and drought and to consider which is the more vulnerable component, the ...

YOUNGBERG has reported that Ceanothus cuneatus Nutt., a woody shrub native to semi-arid regions of California and Oregon, has clusters of nitrogen-fixing nodules on its roots 1. During the past 2 ...