C. ARBOREUS X SPINOSUS. Interesting hybrids with blue flowers and varying habit. 
C. BLUE CLOUD. A very lovely named hybrid of C. Spinosus. To 9 ft. 
C. CORDULATUS. Snow Brush. 3 ft. Wide-spreading. Whitish stems, grey-green leaves. 
Dense panicles of white flowers. Mountain slopes of California and Oregon, 4,000 to 
9,000 ft. in both sun and partial shade. Hardy. 
C. CRASSIFOLIUS. 9 ft. Grey-green leaves, white beneath. One of the best of the white 
flowered ceanothus. 1,000 to 3,000 ft. southern California. 
C. CUNEATUS. Buck Brush. To 8 ft. Rigid grey-barked. Small leathery leaves. Tufts of 
white, fragrant flowers. Dry mountain slopes to 4,000 ft. One of the main components of 
California chaparral. Hardy. 
*“C. CYANEUS. 8 it. Large, elongated panicles of deep blue flowers. Long blooming season. 
Localised in San Diego county. 50 cents per pkt. 
C. DENTATUS. Dense, dwarf, spreading habit. 2 ft. Small crowded leaves. Rounded pani- 
cles of blue flowers. Santa Cruz mountains and southward. 
C. DENTATUS var. FLORIBUNDUS. 18 inches. Prostrate and very wide. Dense, rounded 
clusters of blue flowers crowding the branches. Local to the Central California coast. 
C. DIVERGENS. To 2 ft. Bright green, toothed leaves. Lavender-blue flowers. Local in the 
foothills of Napa county. 
*C, FOLIOSUS. 1 to 12 ft. Very variable habit. Small, dark green, crinkled shining leaves. 
Many small clusters of deep blue flowers. Exposed slopes of central and north coast 
ranges to 5,000 ft. 
*C, FOLIOSUS var. VINEATUS. 2 ft. with low arching branches. Flowers dark blue. From 
a few scattered locations north of San Francisco. 
*C, GLORIOSUS. Point Reyes Lilac. Marvelous for banks and slopes near the coast. Makes 
an 8 inch high ground cover with thick glossy leaves. Blue-lilac flowers. 
*C, GLORIOSUS HYBRIDS. To 4 ft. Blue flowers, very fine garden plants. 
C. GRISEUS. To 8 ft. Loose, rounded shrubs with dense heads of flowers ranging from pale 
to deep blue. Coastal hills of central California. 
C. GRISEUS var. HORIZONTALIS. To 1 ft. Prostrate, forming wide, dense mats. Blue 
flowers. An excellent plant for windy coastal gardens. Coastal slopes south of Carmel. 
*C, IMPRESSUS. 3 ft. Small dark crinkly leaves and bright blue flowers. Northern Santa 
Barbara county. 
C. INCANUS. Coast White Thorn. To 6 ft. Broad-spreading. Large, gray-green leaves, white 
stems and creamy white flowers. A good foliage plant near the coast. North coast 
ranges. 
C. INTEGERRIMUS. Dear Brush. 12 ft. Feathery panicles 5 inches long, of white or blue 
flowers. Slender whip-like, branches. Mountain slopes to 7,000 ft. Hardy. 
C. LEMMONII. 3 ft. Low, spreading shrub with light gray bark. Leaves small, glossy green 
above, grayish beneath. Flowers blue, Northern Sierras. 
C. LEUCODERMIS. $10 ft. White-barked. Thick leaf. Flowers white or blue. Mountains of 
southern California to 5,000 ft. 
C. LOBBIANUS. 3 ft. A natural hybrid. Rather dense, spreading shrubs with blue flowers. 
*C. MASONII. 2 to 6 ft. Leaves dark green and glossy. Lavender blue flowers. A good 
garden shrub. Local on Bolinas Ridge, Marin county. 50 cents per packet. 
C. MEGACARPUS. 9 ft. Slender branches, thickish leathery leaves. Small rounded heads 
of white flowers beginning in December. Coastal mountains of southern California. 
*C, MEGACARPUS PENDULA. 6 ft. A form of the above with somewhat drooping whip-like 
branches. White flowers. 
*C, MENDOCINENSIS. 5 ft. A natural hybrid. Dark green glossy leaves. Pale blue or 
lavender flowers. Mendocino county. 
*C. MOUNT VISION. From Mt. Vision in Marin county. One of the good new, low spread- 
ing forms of great promise as a garden plant. Making wide mats. Blue flowers, dark 
spiny leaves. 
C. OLIGANTHUS. /7 ft. Often with tree-like trunk. Flowers in various shades of blue, often 
verging on purple. Canyon slopes of southern California. 
*C, PAPILLOSUS. 5 ft. Leaves narrow, corrugated, and dark glistening green. Deep blue 
flowers. A good shrub for well watered gardens in sun or shade. Santa Cruz Mountains. 
*C, PAPILLOSUS var. ROWEANUS. A very fine local variety of the above. To 4 ft. tall. 
Dense habit, flattened, horizontal branches, deep green leaves and strong blue flowers. 
50 cents per pkt. 
C. PAPILLOSUS HYBRIDS. Interesting shrubs of coniderable variation in habit and flowers. 
*“C, PARRYI. 9 ft. Leaves dark green above, white beneath. Large clusters of deep blue 
flowers. Sun or shade, one of the best Ceanothus for the watered garden. Northern 
California. 
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