Ceanothus, the wild lilac with varieties native to both California and Oregon, can be seen thriving along the roadside in dry and generally poor soil conditions. (Marci Degman/Special to the Argus) ...

Water needs: Water regularly the first year to establish the plant, then drought-tolerant. Snapshot: Ceanothus, also known as California lilac, is the envy of every garden for many different reasons.

Description: Ceanothus is a genus of more than 50 species, mostly evergreen, ornamental, flowering shrubs. They are mainly native to California, though some are found in the East, the Northwest and ...

With all the cool, rainy weather we've had this year, drought may be far from your mind. But summer drought is the usual rule in Oregon. And the Oregon State University Extension Service has our backs ...

The Sacramento River Discovery Center's Native & Drought tolerant garden is full of plants full of "blooming blue flowers." Not just one color of blue but many different shades of blue to purple. If ...

I'm sure that most folks living in the High Desert are aware that water is an issue, especially when it comes to landscaping. With water at a premium, and not wanting to have bare yards, it's a good ...

If Walt Whitman had lived in California, he might have written, "When ceanothus last in the dooryard bloom'd," for in California, it is the ceanothus that marks the "ever-returning spring." A native ...

Those evergreen bushes now breaking out in tufts of vivid blue are ceanothus. Californians call them blueblossom, California lilac or wild lilac although ceanothus is nothing like the familiar, ...

Recent Chilly Days and Nights only confirm that San Diego’s lowest temperatures (according to more than a century of weather records) tend to occur during the month of January. January’s mean ...

We”re now past April 1, the most cautious estimate of the last date on which frost is possible. That means we”re in the spring planting season and can plant seedlings without concern that a late cold ...

On the back of the book jacket is a photo of a magnificent blue-blooming vine climbing up a stone wall between Gothic windows on a castle. Take one look and you'll want this true-blue bloomer in your ...