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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.
Arctostaphylos
glauca, Frazier Park Big Berry Manzanita
Frazier Park Big Berry is very gray.
It
has white flowers and reddish bark and is very hardy. Frazier Park is
a very compact form of Big berry. It only grows 3-4 ft tall. It grows
in the Chaparral near Mnt. Pinos.
This
big berry manzanita is native to the Santa Monica mountains. It grows
4 to 12 ft tall with shiny round leaves and white flowers. It is
found in Chaparral,
and Coastal
Sage Scrub plant communities.
This Big Berry Manzanita from the San
Vicente/Ramona area grows 6 to12 ft tall. It has red bark, glossy
green foliage and white flowers.
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.
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.
Del
Mar Manzanita has dark green leaves, and grows from 2 to 4 ft tall.
It is found on sandy bluffs in the chaparral along the coast in San
Diego county.
Arctostaphylos
otayensis, Otay Manzanita
Otay manzanita grows 3 to 8 ft tall with dark reddish-brown bark, white flowers and gray-green foliage. New foliage may be yellowish green. It is found in the chaparral in the mountains of San Diego county.
Arctostaphylos
parryana, Parry Manzanita
Parry manzanita is a spreading shrub 3 to 6 ft tall with dark reddish-brown bark, white flowers, and bright green leaves. It grows on dry, rocky slopes in chaparral and yellow pine forest plant communities in the Tehachapi mountains, and from Mount Pinos to the San Gabriel mountains in southern California.
Idyllwild manzanita grows 6 to 12 ft tall. It has gray foliage, reddish brown bark, and pink flowers. It grows on dry slopes in chaparral and yellow pine forest plant communities from the San Bernardino mountains South.
Mexican manzanita grows 6 to 9 ft tall and narrow, commonly only 4 feet wied.. It has bright green narrow leaves, white flowers, and smooth reddish-brown bark. Mexican manzanita grows in chaparral, yellow pine forest and central oak woodlands from San Diego to Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
HAPPY PLANTING!
