Ceanothus americanus

[NEW JERSEY TEA]

 $7.00 

Ceanothus americanus
Category: Potted Plants
Longevity: HP (zones 4 to 8)
Lighting Conditions: FS
Average Height: to 4 feet
Uses: B D M N O
Code: CEA10

Popular beverage tea was made from leaves in the past. Root tea used for colds, fevers, snakebites, bronchitis, dysentary, and as a tonic. Root alkaloid is mildly hypotensive; root contains up to 8% tannin. Large red roots yield a red/brown dye. Shrubby habit with showy white flowers in clusters from June - Sept. Good butterfly plant - it's a host plant for Azure and Duskywing butterflies. Seeds are eaten by wild turkeys and quail.

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