PPP offerings for fall 2002: Ceanothus 'Blue Cloud' & Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Silver Surprise'

摘要

We are pleased to offer two distinctly different plants through Pacific Plant Promotions--something old and something new, and both blue. The old plant is Ceanothus 'Blue Cloud', a rarely available but spectacular and durable flowering shrub for thegarden and landscape. The new plant is Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Silver Surprise', the first Ceanothus cultivar with showy, creamy-white variegated leaves. Its name, 'Blue Cloud', says it all--one of the most profusely blooming ceanothus cultivars ever selected. The plants are covered with hundreds of one- to two-inch-long, branched clusters of pale sky blue blossoms. Each flower turns a pale gray-blue as it fades. Even in warm spring temperatures, this plant will remain showy for about a month. Though it was originally selected in the San Francisco Bay area, it has always been an excellent performer in Southern California.