Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 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.
