Ceanothus velutinus (Mountain Balm) Size:2 gal CN Made from weather resistant materials

Made from weather resistant materials

Sun needs: Partial sun

with a characteristically long

By Paul Bonine & Amy Campion

no drainage

Ceanothus velutinus (Mountain Balm) Size:2 gal CN Made from weather resistant materialsEvergreen shrub, often thicket forming, 2 10 ft (0. 6 3 m) tall, occasionally taller, round topped. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to elliptic, 4 7 cm long, margin finely serrate, glossy green, sticky above, pale green and velvety below with minute hairs at first but becoming smooth, 3 prominent veins from the base; emit a sickingly sweet odor in warm weather when chrushed. Flowers small, white, in dense 5 13 cm long clusters (panicles). Fruit 3