New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Rhamnaceae
Other names
Wild Snowball, Mountain-Sweet
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, ME South to SC West to TX
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Bald Hill and Caroline Pinnacles, Coy Glen, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve, South Hill Swamp
Source of plant
Companion Plants, Prairie Moon Nursery, Prairie Moon Nursery, Ruth Nix
Description
Low, compact shrub with slender, upright branches reaching 3'-5' in height and as much or more in width. Flowers perfect, white, borne in 1"-2" long corymbose panicles at the ends of the stems in June and July. Fall color tan or yellow.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4