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) ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

THE farther one travels from Los Angeles, the better the chances of seeing California’s most ravishing native shrub, variously named backbrush, or snowbush, or pine mat, or whitethorn, or mountain ...