New Jersey Tea - Ceanothus americanus

Note: This is the smaller 1 gal size, and so a lower price, but still a decent sized plant.

Features: During the American Revolution, this small shrub’s wintergreen-scented leaves were used to make a substitute tea, hence the name New Jersey Tea. Native Americans made use of the root medicinally. Butterflies, moths and rabbits are attracted to this shrub. It may need protection when young.

Light: full sun

Soil: dry to medium

Height: 2 ft.

Width: 2 ft.

Blooms: summer

Flower color: white

Fall color: yellow

See more information and photos at: Illinois Wildflowers and USDA Plants Database

Photos: 1,4 Possibility Place; 2,3 Illinois Wildflowers