Southern California Manzanitas

This is a list of the manzanitas native to southern California. These are not the only manzanitas that will grow in southern California!
It is just a place to start. These are the species that already thrive there.
Don't forget Manzanitas hate drip irrigation or soil amendments! Especially the species from southern California.

Many of these species are under stress from the expanding megalopolis of southern California, so plant lots of them!

To learn more about each plant or to get shipping information, click the link.

Northern California Manzanitas

Central California Manzanitas

Hybrid California Manzanitas

Arctostaphylos glandulosa adamsii Laguna Manzanita flowers. - grid24_6
Arctostaphylos glandulosa adamsii, Laguna Manzanita

Laguna manzanita has gray foliage and light pink flowers. It may also have some hair on the outer branchlets. It grows on dry slopes in Chaparral and Yellow pine forest from San Diego to Riverside county.

This manzanita makes a nifty 2-3 foot gray groundcover.
Del Mar manzanita makes nice small scale groundcover. - grid24_6
Del Mar manzanita grows in coastal San Diego county. It makes a nice little groundcover.
Arctostaphylos glandulosa mollis - grid24_6
Arctostaphylos glandulosa mollis grows in spots from San Luis Obispo to Riverside.County. Varies in height from 3-6 ft.
A male Anna's Hummingbird working the flowers of Mexican manzanita. - grid24_6

Manzanitas are extremely important plants for wildlife.

Hummingbirds, Butterflies, many pollinators and predators need the flowers for survival.
In a cool winter Island manzanita, Arctostaphylos insularis flowers are pink, warm winters, they are white. - grid24_6
Island Manzanita lives on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. A small dark green bush that can be used as a low 'hedge'.
Big berry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca in chaparral with Chamise - grid24_12
Big Berry manzanita grows from Central California to Baja. After 50 years or so can reach 15 ft. But commonly about 8 feet,
The flowers of the big berry manznaita that lives around Lebec and Frazier park. - grid24_6
This form came from the Frazier park area. Although it can reach 6 feet, it can be held to 4.
Here is a 10 year old Los Angeles manzanita. The original plant was along Kanan Rd. and was only 3 feet tall. - grid24_6
Los Angeles Big Berry manzanita grows along the north side of LA. This is a small mazanita, commonly only growing to a few feet tall.
Arctostaphylos glauca Ramona Manzanita with pinkish flowers because of the cold early winter makes a great little bush or hedge. - grid24_6
Arctostaphylos glauca Ramona Manzanita in inner Riverside and San Diego Counties.A wonderful 6 foot bush.
Arctostaphylos otayensis - grid24_6
Arctostaphylos otayensis is a medium size shrub the lives in the mountains of San Diego county.
Arctostaphylos parryana. Parry Manzanita flowers after a spring rain. - grid24_6
Arctostaphylos parryana makes a billowing groundcover. With snow load it stays about 2 foot tall, with the snow it can creep to three or even four foot tall.
I can't find who Pringleii Manzanita was named after. I'm sure it was not after a potato chip. Sorry, do not believe everything you read online.. - grid24_12
Pringle Manzanita lives from below Big Bear south throught the Southern California Mountains. It was named after the potato chip guy who was about 8 foot tall.
Pointleaf Manzanita and Mexican Manzanita., Arctostaphylos pungens - grid24_6
Mexican manzanita grows from San Francisco bay to Baja and across to Texas, but it is a common 6-8 ft. manzanita in the mountains of Southern California.
Here is a photo of Arctostapylos rainbowensis. - grid24_12
Rainbow Manzanita is a nice little 2-4 ft. manzanita that is restricted to the San Diego to Riverside county line area.

Northern California Manzanitas

Central California Manzanitas

Hybrid California Manzanitas

A male Anna's Hummingbird working the flowers of Mexican manzanita. - grid24_12

Manzanitas are extremely important plants for wildlife.

Hummingbirds, Butterflies, many pollinators and predators need the flowers for survival.

Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:09:29.

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