Plants For Chaparral

Arctostaphylos Baby Bear Manzanita Bush Manzanita by the baby bear
Dark red bark, bright rose pink flowers, liked by hummingbirds, butterflies, bumblebees and other native bees, easy to grow, tolerates most soils, Baby Bear manzanita is a huggable. The height see... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos canescens Hoary Manzanita
Hoary Manzanita is an evergray shrub to 6', and grows in sand or rocky soil along the northern California coast. This species needs good drainage (no standing water after 60 minutes in a 1 foot deep ... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos crustacea Brittleleaf Manzanita
Brittleleaf Manzanita is an evergreen shrub 3-4' in height. The new name is Arctostaphylos tomentosa ssp. crustacea. Possessing light- green leaves on reddish stems, a basal burl, bright little pink f... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos cruzensis Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita
This manzanita is a little shrub that grows to 2-3' tall and 4-5' in width. It has auriculate leaves that are grey on smooth dark red stems. It grows on old ocean beaches and bluffs from San Luis Obis... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos cushingiana Mound Manzanita
This species is now considered Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa forma cushingiana. A sprawling evergreen shrub to 2' tall and 6' wide, with fuzzy (fine tomentose) stems, and gray foliage,... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glandulosa adamsii Laguna Manzanita
Laguna manzanita is a sprawling evergreen manzanita shrub that will form a knee high groundcover. VERY gray with red stems. Seems to be very drought tolerant, deer tolerant and tolerant of neglect a... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glandulosa campbelliae Eastwood Manzanita
Evergreen bush manzanita, usually about 4' tall. It has 1 1/2" gray leaves, red- brown stems. Among the toughest of the manzanita, roots and spreads to 10' wide, usually on sandstone or clay. This wou... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glandulosa glandulosa
A very diverse manzanita that grows in the coastal mountains of much of California. The botanists have been arguing for years about varieties, forms, subspecies of this species. Who cares! They are ev... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glandulosa mollis
Evergreen bush, usually about 4' tall. It has 1 1/2" gray leaves, red-brown stems. Amoung the toughest of the manzanitas, roots and spreads to 10' wide, usually on sandstone or clay. This would be one... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glandulosa zacaensis San Marcos Manzanita
A very stable low growing manzanita with green foliage and red bark. Sun to part shade, a little extra water in spring, boulder mulch, through in a small pine tree(P. Jeffreyi or P. attenuata) and you... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glauca Big Berry Manzanita
Big berry Manzanita is an evergreen shrub to small tree, with red-brown bark, 7-10' foot high and wide. It will be lower and wider where there is snow. In the Mt. Pinos area the bush grows 2-3' tall a... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glauca Dwaine's Dwarf Dwaine's Dwarf
See Arctostaphylos glauca for horticultural information. I found this plant on a customer's property southwest of Paso Robles California. The house site was carved out of a stand of almost solid Arc... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glauca Frazier Park Manzanita Mt. Pinos Manzanita
This Big Berry manzanita was selected from John's property in the Lake of the Woods/Frazier Park area. Elevation was about 5000 feet in full sun mixed with ... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glauca Los Angeles Santa Monica Big Berry Manzanita
A manzanita from the Santa Monica Mountains. This one was originally in the area of Mullhuland and Kahan near the site of the CNPS plant sale that we used to supply. The plant in the wild is long gone... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos glauca Ramona Manzanita Ramona Manzanita
A really glorious Big Berry manzanita from the San Vicente/Ramona area. The mother plant was growing out of a rocky out cropping next to a golf course. Red bark, a very open form with very clean glos... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos Ian Bush Manzanita Manzanita
Ian bush manzanita is fast to four feet and seems to stabilize at five feet with a very open form. The green foliage and smooth red bark make the whole bush a great mini-specimen. Ian Bush manzanita... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos insularis Island Manzanita
Island Manzanita is an evergreen shrub to 7', needing sun and good drainage. This one has glossy dark-green, rounded leaves like a mirror plant with red bark. This one seems to be hardy to about -5... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos La Panza Grey manzanita
La Panza manzanita is a hybrid of Arctostaphylos silvicola and Stanfordiana Bakerii. The foliage starts out a velvety grey and becomes a smooth clean grey with age. We've only started growing it in 2... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos luciana Adelaide Manzanita Santa Lucia Manzanita
Santa Lucia Manzanita is a rare, evergreen shrub, 3' by 6' with 1" white leaves and red bark. It grows in rocky shale, in San Luis Obispo County and is much whiter and lower than Arctostaphylos obisp... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita
'Mama Bear'manzanita seems to be beautiful, very stable, very blossomy, has a nice form, sprouts back after damage (did I mention I drove the delivery truck over it), has wonderful pinkish white flowe... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita
Dr. Hurd Manzanita is an evergreen, multi-branched, treelike hybrid shrub with glossy, light green foliage and grows up to 15', one of the biggest of the big manzanitas. Dr. Hurd is more garden toler... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos manzanita Real manzanita Manzanita Tree
This is the Real Manzanita, Arctostaphylos manzanita from northern California. Bark is red, leaves a grey-green, flowers are wonderful white clusters glistening in the morning sun. Ah, grows in red cl... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos manzanita_x_densiflora Austin Griffiths Manzanita Austin Griifith's Manzanita
Austin Griffiths Manzanita is a hybrid between Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' and Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' manzanitas was introduced in the 1980's by Native Sons Nursery in memory of ... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos Margarita Pearl Big Big berry manzanita
Margarita Pearl manzanita is a seedling of Arctostaphylos glauca that has very large flowers and berries. We're not sure if it is all Big Berry manzanita(glauca) or a hybrid between glauca and wellsii... Learn more.

Arctostaphylos mariposa Mariposa Manzanita
Mariposa Manzanita is native to the lower margins of the Sierra chaparral community. (see also A. glauca, A. viscida and A. manzanita.) The red trunks and grey foliage are dramatic. NOT GARDEN TOLERA... Learn more.