An Anna'a Hummingbird on an Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita has dark red bark
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita and the painted lady, a pretty sight?
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita attracts hummingbirds.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita with tortoise butterfly
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita, great for when you want the large Manzanita look but don't have a lot of space.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita with Bombus edwardsii
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita with no water and a lot of flowers.
Description
'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 flowers the hummingbirds and bumblebees like,
looks good in containers and seems to superior to 'Dr. Hurd'
manzanita for most yards(it's smaller and has cleaner foliage). The
purple trunk and gray-green foliage make the six to eight foot tall by
four to five feet wide manzanita a standout. 'Mama Bear' is a hybrid
manzanita between Arctostaphylos
stanfordiana bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'(now Arctostaphylos bakeri ssp. bakeri)
and Arctostaphylos densiflora
'Sentinel'. In the wild Arctostaphylos
densiflora forms miles of hybrids with A. stanfordiana and A. manzanita. We had some 5 gallon
'Louis Edmunds' and 'Sentinel' in a small area that we covered with one
small green house and two shade houses after a couple of years. The
five gallons were long gone, but a few seedlings popped up. Since there
really are not enough people here, things have a tendency to get
ignored unless they burn up, blow up, or block a driveway. The
greenhouse was abandoned and imploded. Under the old poly was this
beautiful manzanita! The greenhouses were named the three bears. The
'Little Bear' or 'Baby Bear' had the seedling growing up through it,
like a phoenix. The small leafed manzanita that we selected was called
'Baby Bear', the large leafed form was 'Mama Bear'. The baby grew to be
bigger than the mama. Click here for
more about California Manzanitas(Arctostaphylos).
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita tolerates sand, clay and serpentine.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita is great for a bird garden.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita's foliage color is green and type is evergreen.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita's flower color is pink and is edible.
Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita's fruit is edible.
Communities
Communities for Arctostaphylos Mama Bear Manzanita Mama Bear Manzanita:Chaparral.
