Snowbrush Ceanothus

Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet

Planting Distance: 4.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Root Depth: 18 inches

Growth Form: Thicket Forming

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Summer

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: No

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: No

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Low

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: High

Salt Tolerance: None

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Snowbrush Ceanothus: Acronicta cyanescens, Acronicta perdita, Adelphagrotis indeterminata, Adelphagrotis stellaris, Andropolia theodori, Apodrepanulatrix litaria, Archips argyrospila, Archips rosanus, Aseptis binotata, Bomolocha bijugalis, Callophrys augustinus, Celastrina argiolus, Drepanulatrix carneararia, Drepanulatrix falcataria, Drepanulatrix foeminaria, Drepanulatrix monicaria, Drepanulatrix quadraria, Drepanulatrix secundaria, Drepanulatrix unicalcararia, Egira crucialis, Egira perlubens, Egira rubrica, Epinotia signiferana, Eudrepanulatrix rectifascia, Eupithecia georgii, Eupithecia minturata, Eupithecia nevadata, Fishia evelina, Hemileuca eglanterina, Hemileuca eglanterina annulata, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Hyalophora columbia gloveri, Hyalophora euryalus, Hyalophora kasloensis, Lacanobia lutra, Macaria quadrilinearia, Malacosoma californica "central population", Malacosoma californicum, Mesogona olivata, Nematocampa resistaria, Nemoria darwiniata, Neoalcis californiaria, Nola minna, Nymphalis californica, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia pacifica, Papilio eurymedon, Pero mizon, Phyllodesma americana, Pseudoglaea olivata, Satyrium californicum, Satyrium saepium, Schizura concinna, Sericosema juturnaria, Tischeria ceanothi