Scientific Name:	Ceanothus gloriosus 'Point Reyes'
Pronunciation:	see-uh-NOE-thus glore-ee-OH-sus
Common Name:	Point Reyes creeper
Family Name:	Rhamnaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover
Key ID Features:	Trailing groundcover with opposite clusters of small, dark, glossy leaves with prickly, serrate margins. Stems are reddish brown.
Course(s):	Level 2 Apprenticeship, HORT 2355

Habit: Horizontal, Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: U.S. - southwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Low, Summer dry, Winter dry Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Spring interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Leathery, Pinnate venation Surfaces: Glabrous, Pubescent Colour in Fall: Dark-green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblong Apices: Obcordate or retuse, Rounded Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Cyme Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 5 Colour (petals): Showy, Violet, Blue, Purple Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Jun

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Root nodules (N-fixing), Runners (or stolons)

Propagation:	Seed, Cuttings, Layering, Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant, Dieback, Fungal leaf spot, Root rot, Scale insects, Wilt

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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