Ceanothus impressus the edges. They may be gland-dotted and have grayish hairy undersides. The shrub flowers abundantly in inflorescences of small blue flowers. The fruit is a crested spherical capsule about 4 millimeters wide. Ceanothus impressus Ceanothus impressus, with the common name Santa Barbara ceanothus, is a species of flowering shrub. This "Ceanothus" is endemic to the Central Coast of California, where it can be found on coastal slopes and mesas. Other common names are blueblossom ('blueblos') and California lilac, although the plant is not a lilac ("Syringa"). This expansive shrub may exceed three meters-10 feet in height and approach seven m.-28
Prunus padus and spring display of fragrant, white flowers. The common name Mayday tree is not related to the distress signal mayday as the name for the tree was in use prior to the adoption of mayday as an international distress signal. A taboo on the use of the wood was reported by natives of Advie, in northeast Scotland, being regarded as a "witches tree". Prunus padus Prunus padus, known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree, is a flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is a species of cherry, a deciduous small tree or large shrub up to