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Emerisa's Gem Carmel Creeper

Emerisa's Gem Carmel Creeper

CEANOTHUS x 'Emerisa's Gem'

Blooms Spring
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Common Name(s)
Carmel Creeper, Californian Lilac
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Perennial Zones
8
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
6"–1'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
Deer resistant
Bloom Season
Spring
Lifespan
Perennial
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Blue
Foliage Color
Green, Lime Green, Variegated
Themes
Cool Blue, Confetti
Genus
Ceanothus
Family
Rhamnaceae
Ship Size
4"

Emerisa's Gem Carmel Creeper holds glossy dark green leaves edged in clear yellow all year, then layers clusters of pale blue flowers over the mat each spring. Ceanothus x 'Emerisa's Gem' ships as a live 4-inch plant that stays low and travels wide.

This is the answer to a bank, a dry slope, or the long stretch beside a path where you would rather have evergreen cover than mulch. It suits coastal gardens, takes full sun or part shade - afternoon shade where summers turn brutal - and wants free-draining soil with regular water only while it establishes. Deer generally pass it by.

Fun fact: California lilac is a borrowed name; Ceanothus sits in the buckthorn family and is no relation at all to true lilac.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Mature Size: 6"–1' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Spring
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zone 8 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zone: 8
  • Special: Deer resistant

Give it room to run, and rest on the guarantee - healthy on arrival, or replaced free.