Ceanothus, Carmel Creeper, Carmel Mountain Lilac, Yankee Point 'Diamond Heights'

This new hybrid of Carmel Creeper is drought tolerant and creates a carpet of 10 inch high chartreuse green leaves. The leaves are tough ...Read Moreand sturdy. It loves full sun and minimal water. I'm growing it in zone 9B but it will do well in coastal foggy areas of the West Coast. The tiny blue flowers in spring are also very attractive. I have read you must propagate new shoots in June without cutting them off the plant. Rootone, sphagnum moss, etc.
Diamond Heights Ceanothus is suitable for planting in dry shade beneath native oaks, is frost hardy, and drought tolerant. This was an offshoot selected by Barry Lehrman in 1985 from a planting of Carmel Creeper (Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis), that was found in the Diamond Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Grows best in sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soil. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and part shade in inland sites.

I fell in love with this plant on the Oregon Coast two summers ago but alas, it froze in our hard winter (grown in a container). I was a...Read Moreble to replace it last summer and this year plan to move it indoors for the winter so we'll see how it goes.

Ceanothus griseus horizont. 'Diamond Heights' VARIEGATED CEANOTHUS EG (z9)
The audacious foliage (showy lime-green contrasting a ...Read Moredeep green center) of this ground-mounder is topped by pretty blue flowers in spr.S/M/GdDr