Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree

Identification

Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree, Northern California Manzanita.
Dr. Hurd manzanita in flower - grid24_3
Arctostaphylos manzanita, Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree
A native bee working the flowers of Dr. Hurd manzanita - grid24_3
Arctostaphylos manzanita, Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree, attracts bumble bees and butterflies
Anna Hummingbird working the flowers of Dr. Hurd manzanita - grid24_3
Dr. Hurd Manzanita flowers with a hummingbird
Dr. Hurd manzanita, a Ponderosa Pine and a full moon - grid24_3
Arctostaphylos manzanita, Dr. Hurd hedge with a Ponderosa pine and moon behind it.
A Tortoise Shell Butterfly on a Dr. Hurd manzanita - grid24_3
Arctostaphylos manzanita, Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree, attracts butterflies like this tortoiseshell.
Painted lady butterfly on Arctostaphylos Dr. Hurd. - grid24_3
Painted lady butterfly on a Arctostaphylos Dr. Hurd Manzanita
Dr. Hurd makes a good tall hedge.  - grid24_3
Arctostaphylos manzanita, Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree as a hedge.
The exposed branches of Dr. Hurd manzanita. - grid24_3
The exposed branches of Dr. Hurd manzanita.

Description

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 tolerant, i.e. it can handle some summer water and a richer soil, than Arctostaphylos glauca, its southern counterpart. This manzanita grows well in clay soil, and will tolerate sandy soil. Its brown-red bark and lovely multi-branched form makes this distinctive taller Arctostaphylos a prized specimen plant and focal point of the landscape in many gardens. Arctostaphylos Dr. Hurd survived here 5 foot away from a Madrone that froze and was about as hardy as incense cedars, somewhere around -5 to 5 degrees F. , depending on snow and actual soil temperature. We've seen Dr. Hurd manzanita survive next to the coast(not in salt spray) and up into some fairly high elevation gardens. It has survived here and looked good with no extra water. Perfectly drought tolerant in most Los Angeles, San Diego or Sacramento gardens. Dr. Hurd is one of the faster manzanitas and is a reliable shrub. This form was found by John Coulter of the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation in 1972, growing in the garden of Dr. Cuthbert Hurd in Portola Valley (note sent to us by SHF 30 years ago). It was probably a seedling from Louis Edmunds Native Plant Nursery(one of the old native plant growers that was in Danville in the 1950's.) Concerning the origin of this plant, Saratoga Horticultural Foundation said, "Although this plant has obvious affinities with Arctostaphylos manzanita it is undoubtedly of hybrid origin". This was most likely a seedling collected within a native garden where Arctostaphylos manzanita, and Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, were members. In Sonoma County, California, these species occur together and readily hybridize.

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Characteristics

Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita tolerates sand and clay.
Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita is great for a bird garden.
Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita's foliage color is reddish-green and type is evergreen.
Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita's flower color is white.
Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita's fruit is edible.

Communities

Communities for Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Northern California Manzanita:Chaparral, Northern Oak Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Arctostaphylos manzanita Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree

ph: 5.00 to 8.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 3.00 to 5.00
width[m]: 3.00 to 4.00
rainfall[cm]: 45.00 to 124.00

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