| Scientific Name: |
Ceanothus americanus |
| Common Name: |
New Jersey Tea |
| Duration of Life: |
Perennial |
| Bloom Color: |
White, Blue |
| Soil Moisture: |
Dry, Mesic |
| Sun Requirements: |
Full, Partial |
| Plant Origin: |
Native |
| Soil Type prefered: |
Sand, Loam |
| Drought Tolerance: |
High |
| Flower Conspicuous: |
No |
| Soil Fertility Requirement: |
Low |
| Moisture Use: |
Low |
| Shade Tolerance: |
Tolerant |
| Growing Zone: |
4 |
| Active Growth Period: |
Spring, Summer |
| Anaerobic Tolerance: |
None |
| Calcium Carbonate Tolerance: |
Medium |
| Bloom Period: |
Late Spring |
| Commercial Availability: |
Routinely Available |
| Competitivness: |
Intermediate |
| Cold Stratification Required: |
Yes |
| Best established via: |
Plant |
| Fall Conspicuous: |
No |
| Frost Free Days, Minimum: |
120 |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Fruit/Seed Abundance: |
Low |
| Fruit/Seed Period Begin: |
Summer |
| Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: |
No |
| Fruit/Seed Period End: |
Fall |
| Fruit/Seed Color: |
Brown |
| Fruit/Seed Persistence: |
Yes |
| Fire Tolerance: |
Medium |
| Foliage Texture: |
Medium |
| Growth Form: |
Multiple Stem |
| Growth Habit: |
Subshrub, Shrub |
| Growth Rate: |
Slow |
| Height at 20 Years, Max. feet: |
3 |
| Height, Mature (feet): |
3 |
| Leaf Retention: |
No |
| Low Growing Grass: |
No |
| Life Span: |
Moderate |
| Nitrogen Fixation: |
Low |
| Max. Planting Density/Acre: |
4800 |
| Min. Planting Density/Acre: |
2700 |
| pH (Maximum): |
6.5 |
| pH (Minimum): |
4.3 |
| Precipitation (Minimum): |
25 |
| Protein Potential: |
Low |
| Plant Spacing: |
18 to 36 inches |
| Resprout Ability: |
Yes |
| Root Depth, Min. (inches): |
14 |
| Salt Tolerance: |
None |
| Shape and Orientation: |
Semi-Erect |
| Flowering Months: |
July, August |
| Small Grain: |
No |
| Seeds Per Ounce: |
7,000 |
| Seed per Pound: |
112000 |
| Seed Spread Rate: |
Slow |
| Seedling Vigor: |
Low |
| Temperature, Minimum (F): |
-28 |
| Toxicity: |
None |
| Vegetative Spread Rate: |
Slow |
| Found in Old fields: |
Yes |
| Found in Virgin fields: |
No |
| Propagation: |
Bare Root, Container, Seed |
| Palpable: (eatable) |
|
| Where Found in S.E. MN: |
|
| Pronounciation: |
(se-a-NO-thus a-MER-i-kan-us) |
| Category: |
Dicot |
| Division: |
Magnoliophyta |
| Class: |
Magnoliopsida |
| Order: |
Rhamnales |
| Family: |
Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: |
Ceanothus |
