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Arctostaphylos patula

Greenleaf Manzanita.

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Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf Manzanita at a higher elevation in the Sierras. When the get 3-5 meters of snow on them they lay low.
Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf Manzanita at a higher elevation in the Sierras. When the get 3-5 meters of snow on them they lay low.
Green leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula flowers are pink in small grape like clusters.
Green leaf manzanita at about 6000 ft. in the Southern Sierras. With a light snow load you'll get a bush.
Greenleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula can have bright pink flowers
Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf manzanita in the wild up in the Sierras
Arctostaphylos patula in it's habitat above Big Bear under White fir and Jeffrey Pine.
A closeup of the form of Greenleaf manzanita around Big Bear.
Arctostaphylos patula and mariposa in the Sierras at about 5000 ft.
Arctostaphylos patula in the ground in Santa margarita. Greenleaf manzanita becomes a nice 6 foot bush where the snow doesn't crush it.
Arctostaphylos patula, Greenleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula play movie

Greenleaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula, is an evergreen shrub that is common in areas of heavy snow at higher elevations in the eastern Sierras through Utah and north into Oregon, extending down into Lake County, California. Greenleaf Manzanita is pleasing in appearance and seems to a very stable manzanita at the Santa Margarita Nursery.

We had some in 15 gallon pots for a decade that were buried behind a shade house in heavy shade, (It's amazing what you find when you tidy up an area.) Dug and drug out the fifteens and planted them in full sun. We hate throwing things away, why not give them a chance? They grew with no water, in full sun, they grew! Amazing.

The only thing this manzanita does seem to hate is salt in soil or water. It's not as sensitive as some of the other Sierra species, but I'd not try it in some of the alkaline areas of the San Joaquin valley. A weird form of this species occurs at Arrowhead nor Big Bear, (Arctostaphylos parryana pinetorum).

In a normal California Garden greenleaf manzanita makes a green mound about six foot tall with open red trunks.  If you get 10 feet of snow expect the same plant to grow only a couple of feet tall. Very similar to Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, it might be interesting to blend to two.

Arctostaphylos patula tolerates sand.
Arctostaphylos patula is great for a bird garden.
Foliage of Arctostaphylos patula has color reddish-green and is evergreen.
Flower of Arctostaphylos patula has color pink.
Fruit of Arctostaphylos patula is edible.

Communities for Arctostaphylos patula:Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest and Yellow Pine Forest.

ph: 5.00 to 7.50
usda: 6 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 3.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 4.00
rainfall[cm]: 40.00 to 163.00

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