Pictures of California native flowers

Flowers in a February California native garden

These were complied from my photos in the month of February in our native garden.
A lot of these photos are manzanitas as many flower at the beginning of the year and in spring.

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Arctostaphylos manzanita x densiflora, Austin Griffiths Manzanita did ok in up to a foot of snow. Hummingbirds were still working the flowers. - grid24_6

Austin Griifith's Manzanita flowers from late December in early March and commonly experiences snow here.

Bushtits are really cute eating the flowers of Arctostaphylos manzanita x densiflora, Austin Griffiths Manzanita - grid24_12

Under the leaves where there are flowers out of the snow, Austin Griifith's Manzanita is alive with birds and butterflies. Yea, California, butterflies in the snow.

Arctostaphylos Baby Bear Manzanita Bush with a Mourning Cloak Butterfly. Butterflies are one of the pollinators of manzanitas. - grid24_6

Baby Bear Manzanita Bush grows into a very small little bush, unless it gets water, then it could play football.

Arctostaphylos Baby Bear Manzanita Bush covered with snow. No damage - grid24_12

Baby Bear Manzanita Bush in one of our snow storms. A week later it looked like the other photo, honest.

Arctostaphylos crustacea, Brittleleaf Manzanita - grid24_12

Brittleleaf Manzanita is a little obscure but we have had in in the garden.

Harmony Manzanita

a Howard McMinn in flower on a winter morning - grid24_12

Howard McMinn Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora, Sentinel Manzanita works well as a low hedge or foundation plant. - grid24_12

Sentinel Manzanita is the best insect plant we have. The predatory flies and other insects love it, as do the hummingbirds.

Big Sur Manzanita

Danville Manzanita

Arctostaphylos glauca-glandulosa

Arctostaphylos Ian Bush with an Anna Hummingbird. This manzanita is easy in most of coastal California. - grid24_12

Ian Bush manzanita grows very fast into a 5 ft. plant, then very slowly to maybe 6 ft.. Great as a hedge plant.

Arctostaphylos insularis, Island manzanita in a Nipomo native garden. - grid24_12

Island Manzanita is a clean little bush.

John Dourley mazanita makes a 2-3 ft. irrigular groundcover. - grid24_12

Arctostaphylos John Dourley

La Panza manzanita is gray with many white flowers.

Arctostaphylos luciana, Adelaide manzanita in flower - grid24_12

Santa Lucia Manzanita

Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita flowers - grid24_12

Mama Bear Manzanita is another great hedge plant.

Snow on Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita. The flowers had hummingbirds working them. - grid24_12

I'll stop showing the February snow scenes, but here is Mama Bear. Our storms are fast and there was a hummingbird working the flowers where there was no snow.