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Manzanitas
from northern California usually can take a little more water that
those from central and southern California. However, they are still
very drought tolerant. They make excellent hummingbird plants and
tidy evergreen shrubs.
Some of these species we don't carry as they can't take the dry heat of our summers (upwards of 115° F), or nobody buys them, (usually because they don't know they exist). To learn more about each plant or to get shipping information, click the link.
Don't
forget Manzanitas hate drip
irrigation and soil amendments.
This
mid-sized manzanita grows from around three to six feet high.Hoary
manzanita has
dark reddish-brown bark and white, or light pink, flowers. The name
Hoary
manzanita was given because of the soft downy hairs that cover the new
foliage and branches. Hoary manzanita is found from Marin to Del
Norte county and in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties on dry, rocky
slopes in Chaparral, Yellow pine forest and Douglas fir forest plant
communities. Sometimes the form can be a nice little bush, sometimes a
bush with a bad hair day. One of the reasons this one is not in the
trade more is the unpredicable nature of it.
Hairy
manzanita has dark reddish-brown bark and
white flowers varies in hight
anywhere from 3 to 10 feet high.This manzanita was named for the fuzzy
hairs on young stems and
leaves. It grows in clay soil as well as dry rock
slopes. It
is found in mixed evergreen forest, Douglas fir forest, and Northern
Coastal Scrub. Hairy manzanita grows near the coast from Sonoma
County North to British Columbia. We struggle with this one as it hates
our summer heat and winter cold. With climate change, it may
be native here in a few years.
This species is highly variable and is believed to have a lot of hybridization between A. stanfordiana and A. manzanita. It is now restricted to one area near vine hill school west of Santa Rosa in Sonoma county. It naturally grows on shale and sandy soils.
Harmony grows
knee high and has reddish-brown bark with pink
flowers and bright green foliage. It makes an excellent hedge.
Harmony will grow in sand or clay.
Howard McMinn is a spidery shrub that grows to around 6 foot and has red bark pink flowers and narrow pointy leaves. It is very popular with hummingbirds, designers and customers. It will grow in sand or clay.
Sentinel Manzanita has gray foliage and red bark. It grows to
around six foot and has pink flowers.
Konocti manzanita has bright green foliage with white flowers. It is found in Chaparral and Central Oak Woodland in the mountains of Lake county.
Eastwood Manzanita is 4 to 8 ft tall with a basal burl. It has reddish-brown bark, gray green leaves, and white flowers. It grows in Chaparral, mixed evergreen forest, and yellow pine forest plant communities along the coast ranges from Oregon south to the Cuyamaca mountains in San Diego county.
This manzanita grows anywhere from 3 to 6 ft tall and has nearly black bark. The flowers vary from pink to white. It is found in rocky areas in mixed evergreen forest from Del Norte county into Oregon.
Northern California Manzanita grows anywhere from 6 to 12 ft tall. It has a very wide distribution in northern California. It is found in the northern coast ranges from Contra Costa county up into Humbolt, Trinity and Shasta counties. It is also found along the foothills of the Sierras from Mariposa North. It is found in Chaparral, Central Oak Woodland, Northern oak woodland, and Yellow Pine Forest plant communities.
Dr. Hurd Manzanita is more like a small tree than a shrub. It
can
grow up to 15 feet tall and has gray green foliage, white flowers,
and reddish brown bark. It will grow in sand or clay. Hummingbirds
like it too.
Indian Manzanita grows from three to eight feet tall with red bark and gray green foliage. The flowers vary from pink to white. It is found in the Chaparral and Yellow pine forest plant communities at the base of the sierras.
Pine-mat
is an excellent ground cover (obviously with that name) it grows
eight feet across and less than a foot tall. However, it doesn't do
so well without snow fall. It likes cold climates. Pine-mat manzanita
has white flowers and dark green foliage.
Eldorodo manzanita grows from 1 to 4 ft tall and has reddish-brown to gray bark with pale green leaves and pink flowers. It grows in chaparral and central oak woodland near Placerville in Eldorodo county.
Fort Brag manzanita needs mild temperatures. It is very sensitive to heat and cold. It grows anywhere from about 6 in to 4 ft tall. It likes moist areas in the Closed cone coniferous forest. It is found near the coast in Mendocino and Sonoma counties.
Glossy Leaf manzanita grows 3 to 6 ft tall in dry areas of the chaparral at higher elevations than the Fort Brag manzanita. It is found on Mount Tamalpais and Bolinas Ridge in Marin county to the Santa Cruz mountains.
This manzanita grows to about 3 ft tall with dark red bark, bright green leaves, and white to pink flowers. It grows in dry areas in northern Del Norte county up into Oregon.
Green leaf manzanita grows anywhere from 3 to 6 ft tall with round green leaves, pink flowers and light reddish-brown bark. It is found in openings in yellow pine and red fir forests in the sierras from Kern county north and along the coast ranges from Lake county north into Oregon.
Zin Manzanita grows from 8 to 12 ft tall with pale pink flowers and red bark. It grows in clay soil in the chaparral of Sonoma county.
Louis Edmunds Manzanita has pink flowers and dark green foliage with dark reddish-brown bark. It grows in serpentine near Camp Meeker and Occidental in Sonoma county.
Bearberry is a ground cover around 6in tall with dark reddish brown bark, white to pink flowers and bright red berries. It grows in northern coastal scrub and coastal strand plant communities from San Bruno mountain in San Mateo to Point Reyes in Marin County, also along the Coast from Del Norte county North.
Point Reyes Manzanita is a very flat groundcover growing 3 to 6 in tall and 10 ft wide. It has pink flowers and deep green mature foliage. New foliage is bright green.
Radiant manzanita is a very low growing groundcover. It has bright red berries that attract birds. The foliage is dark green.
San Bruno mountain Manzanita is also an excellent ground cover. It has small dark green leaves and pink flowers.
Bolinas manzanita grows 6 to 12 ft tall with bright green foliage, reddish-brown bark, and white to pink flowers. It grows along the edges of the closed cone coniferous forest and redwood forest in Marin County.
Whiteleaf Manzanita grows anywhere from 3 to 12ft tall, with dark reddish brown bark, gray foliage, and pink to white flowers. It is found on dry slopes in the Chaparral, Central Oak Woodland, and Yellow Pine Forest along the foothills of the Sierras from Kern county north and along the coast ranges from Lake county up into Oregon.
