The 'Eve Case" variety of Rhamnus californica is a specially bred cultivar that provides a more manageable and compact shrub. This shrub is limited to a height of three to eight feet tall  and having a smaller width at about 5 feet wide in diameter. This shrub would be a better choice of Rhamnus californica for pots or container hedges  due to its smaller size and dense  large leaf foliageHorticultural selection R. californica: origin = seedling (1957) from R. californica 'Seaview'; intro Saratoga Horticultural Foundation 1975