Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 10 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Large
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 6-8' x 8-12'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Mounding, Rounded, Upright
Native To: California, Cultivar, Hybrid
Exposure: Full Sun
Water: Low Water
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Time: Spring
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 5-9, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10
Ceanothus ‘Julia Phelps’ is a California-native evergreen shrub featuring intense indigo-blue spring flowers, small, crinkled dark green leaves, and a dense mounding habit. Uses include mid-sized informal privacy screens, barrier hedges, erosion control on steep slopes, or stand-alone focal accents. Water use is very low; requires minimal to no supplemental summer watering once established. It thrives in dry, infertile, sandy, rocky, or gritty soils with rapid drainage; tolerates well-draining clay but rots in soggy conditions. Requires full sun, accepting only light afternoon shade in hot inland valleys. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Cold hardy to 15°F.
Ceanothus ‘Julia Phelps’ is a California-native evergreen shrub featuring intense indigo-blue spring flowers, small, crinkled dark green leaves, and a dense mounding habit. Uses include mid-sized informal privacy screens, barrier hedges, erosion control on steep slopes, or stand-alone focal accents. Water use is very low; requires minimal to no supplemental summer watering once established. It thrives in dry, infertile, sandy, rocky, or gritty soils with rapid drainage; tolerates well-draining clay but rots in soggy conditions. Requires full sun, accepting only light afternoon shade in hot inland valleys. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Cold hardy to 15°F.
