Ceanothus (California Lilac)
Personal memory by Winifred Webb
1994 • Malibu, CA, USA
The early 1990s the ceanothus (california lilac) was super abundant on our hillsides in Malibu. Following a fire, the government spent countless dollars of time, energy and fossil fuels dropping invasive grass seed from helicopters above, that has since crowded out the lovely ceanothus.
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