Ceanothus spinosusis a species in the Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn) family. A large,semi-deciduous treelike shrub that grows up totwenty feet high and ten feet wide. Grows in the scrub and chaparral of the coastal mountain ranges of the coastal strip of southern California south of San Luis Obispo County to northern Baja California.The shrub bloomsfragrantblue or white flower clusters up tosixinches long filled with clusters of white to pale blue flowers in spring through summer.
Pinch and lightly prune in spring after flowering. You can remove flower clusters right after blooming to encourage a denser growth habit.If given too much water it will be short lived. You shouldnt cut into any new growth that is larger around than a pencil. Larger cuts heal slowly and become infected with apricot dieback fungus, fungal spores are spread by rain.
