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Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside '

Wayside Hooker's Manzanita.

1Gal (Up to 14)
Arctostaphylos hookeri, Wayside manzanita, this manzanita works great in beach sand near the coast. But we've used it in heavy clay on drip and the plants lived. (At least long enough for us to get off the project.) Amazing! - grid24_24
Arctostaphylos hookeri, Wayside manzanita, this manzanita works great in beach sand near the coast. But we've used it in heavy clay on drip and the plants lived. (At least long enough for us to get off the project.) Amazing! - grid24_24
Arctostaphylos hookeri, Wayside Manzanita loves part shade. Drought tolerant next to the coast in central and northern California. - grid24_24
Arctostaphylos hookeri Wayside Manzanita, Monterey Manzanita grows well in full sun in coastal gardens, but will tolerate more shade than most manzanitas. A very nice 1-2 ft. high ground cover. - grid24_24
Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside Manzanita' - grid24_24
Arctostaphylos hookerii Wayside manzanita play movie

The 'Wayside'  cultivar of Arctostaphylos hookeri manzanita is an evergreen shrub, two feet high by six feet wide, with bright green leaves tinged with red. 'Wayside' manzanita is one of the few manzanitas that does well as an understory plant. It can be grown under oaks as well as pines. Although it does well in full sun along the coast, in hotter dryer interior areas it prefers the shade. This  manzanita does well in adobe soils if water doesn't stand for more than an hour. 'Wayside' manzanita grows better if it is sprinkled with some summer water unless in the summer fog belt.

'Wayside' manzanita is a dense mounding ground cover manzanita, its appearance is neat and tidy and is an excellent with dark green pines, brick patios or redwood decks. It did not like our nursery location at all because of the temperature extremes(like many of us), we finally found a spot under a Pinus remorata in part shade up out of the cold that 'Wayside' seems to like. It has grown there, under a blanket of pine needles, with no irrigation for, 25+ years. In places like San Luis Obispo, Monterey or Vista this manzanita is a real winner in full sun or part shade.

In places like Mojave or Boulevard forget it. In the full desert Wayside' looks like it was put in a toaster, and set to dark.

Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ' tolerates sand and clay.
Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ' is great for a bird garden.
Foliage of Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ' has color reddish-green and is evergreen.
Flower of Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ' has color white.
Fruit of Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ' is edible.

Communities for Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside ':Closed-cone Pine Forest and Coastal Sage Scrub.

ph: 5.00 to 7.00
usda: 8 to 10
height[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
rainfall[cm]: 56.00 to 180.00

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