About
Find Nurseries
Design & Inspiration
California Garden Planner
Bay Area Garden Planner (NEW)
Planting Guide
Butterflies
My Plant Lists
Contact Us
Sign In
Donate
Advanced Search
Contact Us
Sign In
Donate
Home
Advanced Search
Map Locator
View Settings
Nurseries Carrying this Plant
Add Current Plant To List
Edit Current Plant
Show all Photos
About Calscape
Nurseries
California Garden Planner
Bay Area Garden Planner (NEW)
Planting Guide
Butterflies
My Plant Lists
Contact Calscape
Donate
Tap map to see plants native to location
Print Plant Signs
Print Plant Labels
Export To Excel
Export To Excel (Detailed)
Order by Popularity
Order by Common Name
Order by Scientific Name
Order by # of Butterflies Hosted
Show nursery cultivars
Hide nursery cultivars
Show plants not in nurseries
Hide plants not in nurseries
Grid view
Text view
Home
>
All plants
for California
>
Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'
|
Previous
Next
Loading....
Processing the request......
Valley Violet Mountain Lilac
( Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet' )
Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'
More Photos at CalPhotos
More Info at Jepson eFlora
Calflora
Click on blue squares to see occurrence records.
<< Plant species
Zoom To My Address
Zoom To California
Estimated Plant Range (
?
)
occurrences >>
All Occurrence Records
21 Nurseries Carry This Plant
Add to My Plant List
About Valley Violet Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet')
21 Nurseries Carry This Plant
Add to My Plant List
Horticultural selection from
Ceanothus maritimus
. Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. Selected for the garden.
Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
1.5 - 2 ft tall
3 - 4 ft wide
Form
Mounding
Growth Rate
Moderate
Dormancy
Evergreen
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant, Slight
Flower Color
Purple, Blue
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Insects, especially bees and butterflies, are attracted to the flowers. Plants in the Ceanothus genus are host plants to the Spring Azure, Echo Blue, Pacuvius Duskywing, California Tortoiseshell, Pale Swallowtail, and Hedgerow Hairstreak butterflies.
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part shade
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 21
Ease of Care
Very Easy
Cold Tolerance
15
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Tolerates a wide variety of soils. Tolerates Saline Soil. Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
Common uses
Groundcovers, Bank Stabilization, Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Chamise
(
Adenostoma fasciculatum
), Coffee Berry (
Frangula californica
),
Toyon
(
Heteromeles arbutifolia
),
Iris douglasiana
, Coast
Twinberry
(
Lonicera involucrata
var. ledebourii),
Black Sage
(
Salvia mellifera
),
Sticky Monkeyflower
(
Mimulus aurantiacus
) and
Lupinus species
Maintenance
Tip prune if a compact shape is desired.
Site Characteristics
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Valley Violet Maritime Ceanothus
Print Plant Sign
Print Plant Label
Edit
Back
Print
Back
Print
Valley Violet Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
Sign in to your Calscape Account
X
Once signed in, you'll be able to access any previously saved plant lists or create new ones.
Email Address
Password
Sign In