Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Oregon Missed' Purple Flowers Can be shorn as a

Can be shorn as a hedge or used as specimen plants in decently drained soil

Blue Leave and new growth with golden indumentum

WHITE MONTEREY LILAC

Frost hardy in upper USDA zone 7 and a fine houseplant in colder climates

emerging from pink buds -- masses of fragrant flowers for spring

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Oregon Missed' Purple Flowers Can be shorn as aA chance seedling in the Cistus Nursery garden. Arising from a cross between a Paul Bonine Greg Sheperd introduction, 'Oregon Mist', and the old selection 'Victoria', possessing full rounded leaves and rather dense growth of Victoria, but the quick upright form of 'Oregon Mist'. The seedling was noticed at the base of our original Oregon Mist specimen after it's untimely death at the age of over 10 years, at nearly 20' in height. Excellent screening