Illustration
Yankee Point Carmel Creeper
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'
Also called yankee point ceanothus
Yankee Point Carmel Creeper blooms from March through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Yankee Point Carmel Creeper
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 8–10. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 10 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (checked).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Yankee Point Carmel Creeper. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Yankee Point Carmel Creeper
Plant Yankee Point Carmel Creeper in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 9, the middle of its hardy zones 8 to 10, spring means January to March and fall means October or November. Once settled, it blooms from March to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in January. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Yankee Point Carmel Creeper get?
3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult10 ftwideSee Yankee Point Carmel Creeper in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Yankee Point Carmel Creeper
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Give Yankee Point Carmel Creeper about 10 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.
Add Yankee Point Carmel Creeper to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Yankee Point Carmel Creeper's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 25, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- calfloranursery.comCalifornia Flora Nurseryheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- laspilitas.comLas Pilitas Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, years to mature size and trait tags
- Oregon State UniversityLandscape Plantsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- shop.sbbotanicgarden.orgSanta Barbara Botanic Gardenheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- store.theodorepayne.orgTheodore Payne Foundationheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- watershednursery.comThe Watershed Nursery Cooperativeheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun and bloom months and color
- agsci.oregonstate.eduOregon State University, Neil Bell landscape evaluationhardiness zones
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Where it grows wild
A garden form of Ceanothus griseus
Its wild parent is native to 1 state.
United States: California
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
Explore similar plants
You might also like
Design a garden with this
Drop this plant onto a 3D plan, see how it fills in, and watch your whole garden bloom across the year.