Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | Shrub
Ceanothus americanus belongs to the plant family RHAMNACE and Genus Ceanothus This Shrub prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Ceanothus americanus does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Ceanothus americanus so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Ceanothus americanus has faint sweet flowers. New Jersey tea can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -40 Fahrenheit. It prefers dry soils. This plant can survive for a while without water.
Ceanothus americanus will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Ceanothus americanus is a woody perennial. New Jersey tea is deciduous in nature.
Flowers of the plant Ceanothus americanus have a smell of faint agreeable scent and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Faintly sweet | Faint
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 5' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
Ceanothus americanus has herbal applications as an astringent, as an expectorant, as an antispasmodic and as a sedative. See the medicinal properties section for even more traditional herbal uses. The root together with the root bark and the leaves are considered to be the valuable parts by the herbalist.
"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.
"The Fragrant Garden. A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974. Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.
Ceanothus arboreus | Wild Lilac. Originated in Santa Barbara Island | Various
Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | Various
"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.