{"product_id":"ceanothus-americanus-new-jersey-tea-3-gal","title":"Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea) - 3 gal","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Jersey Tea is a low-growing, compact native shrub with dark green foliage and creamy white, fragrant flower clusters in late spring and summer. The flowers provide nectar and pollen rewards to the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, butterflies, and other numerous pollinators they attract. This plant requires well-drained, average to dry soil with an acidic pH. It is an actinorhizal shrub that can thrive in poor, unfertile soils because it fixes its own atmospheric nitrogen with the aid of specific soil bacteria in the genus Frankia. It is quite drought-tolerant once established because it possesses a stout, woody taproot that can go down deep for the moisture it needs. Unfortunately, this is a very palatable plant to rabbits and deer, so protection during the establishment phase is highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003cbr\u003eNative Trees, Shrubs, \u0026amp; Vines by William Cullina\u003cbr\u003eManual of Woody Landscape Plants by Michael A. Dirr\u003cbr\u003eMidwestern Native Shrubs and Trees by Charlotte Adelman \u0026amp; Bernard L. Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eEastern\/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Steven Foster and James A. Duke\u003cbr\u003eMissouri Botanical Garden\u003cbr\u003eLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center\u003cbr\u003eIllinois Wildflowers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scioto Gardens Native Plant Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48078450524401,"sku":"CeoAme3","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/7092\/9905\/files\/55c39c4c-5e06-44a8-9fd1-a603b14d9b85.jpg?v=1776971018","url":"https:\/\/scioto-gardens-native-plant-nursery.myshopify.com\/products\/ceanothus-americanus-new-jersey-tea-3-gal","provider":"Scioto Gardens Native Plant Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}