Blue flower (Ceanothus thysiflorus)

bush in garden with lilac flowers

Today you are going to meet one of the many variants of the Ceanothus that exist throughout the world. We refer to the Ceanothus thysiflorus and in the same sense, you should know that it is a shrub that has wide leaves and they are perennial.

La Ceanothus thysiflorus sIt is about arust with a unique and very striking flower color if that is what you are looking for right now. This variant belongs to the yellowhead family or rhamnaceae. This gives the plant the particularity when it comes to having a fairly fast and easy growth.

General data of the Ceanothus thysiflorus

hedge-shaped shrub

Its botanical name is the one you read in the title, but in a common way It is known as the blue flower plant, California lilac or also called huacalillo. And as one of its names shows, it is a shrub which is native to California, United States.

Regarding its main attraction, the leading role is taken by its flowers Thanks to its blue color, it manages to completely change the landscape in any garden or orchard. Although there are cases of this same variant where the flowers, instead of growing with the typical blue color, tend to acquire a whitish hue.

Now, one fact that you will surely love to know is that this plant has the particularity of attract both insects, such as butterflies and small birds. So as soon as the Ceanothus thysiflorus start to bloom, rest assured that you will start to see more life in your garden and in the surroundings where this plant is found.

A positive aspect that is worth noting about this plant is that you can plant it next to each other, so that you can create a natural screen with the Ceanothus thysiflorus or have them in large spaces and cover slopes that other plant species do not have.

Features

Although it is a plant with bushy characteristics, the plant if it is not pruned well, naturally it can grow to a little over three and a half meters tall. And as for the width of the plant, this will vary according to the pruning that is done and the habitat and conditions in which it is found.

It is worth mentioning that despite being a fairly prominent and considerable height to be a shrub, you should know that under ideal conditions, easily the plant can grow to about 7 meters, although it is a bit difficult to achieve that height.

The good thing about this variety is that can grow very easily as long as an environment is provided where it is constantly in direct sunlight.

We finish with the section that you were surely waiting for like many other people. The first thing you have to know is that both the Ceanothus thysiflorus, like the rest of the variants of this species, can be multiplied by two different methods: by means of its seeds or by cuttings.

Si tu choice of multiplication will be through seeds, then you must take into account the following:

flowers of the Ceanothus thysiflorus

Get a glass or plastic cup and fill it with water. Later put it in the microwave and heat it for two minutes or until boiling. Have a strainer handy so that you can place it in the glass of hot water for a couple of seconds. You know that in the strainer you will have the seeds that you are going to use.

Next proceed to pour the seeds into another glass with water, but it is at room temperature. You should leave it there for a whole day. When the time has passed take the seeds and place them in the pot or container of your choice for planting and cultivation.

Followed cover the seeds with a little substrate, water with a little water and put them in a semi-shady place. Only you will have to wait between 2 and 3 weeks before it begins to germinate.

On the other hand, the process of multiplication by cuttings is easier, since it will only be enough with which you cut a branch and use a little rooting agent when you go to plant the cutting you have cut.


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