new jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, meadows, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy or loamy soil. Small white flowers appear in branch-tip clusters, and butterflies use them. Turkeys and quail eat the seeds. Deep roots help it handle tough sites.
Pairs well with Standing Ovation little bluestem, Lanceleaf coreopsis, and Great blue lobelia.
Native range
Eastern and central North America.