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This manzanita was introduced by Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, CA. ‘Greensphere’ grows as a dense, rounded shrub to about four feet. The oval, leathery leaves emerge with an attractive red tinge. The tidy spherical shape and small size make this a truly unique manzanita. It is dependably…

Bright green leaves. Mounding form

Hooker’s manzanita grows in scattered coastal locations from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo County. Due to habitat loss it is no longer found naturally in San Francisco. It is most abundant in Monterey County. A great place to see it is Manzanita Park in Prunedale where it grows with…

Bright green leaves. Mounding form

This manzanita is one of the many selections originating from Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita. It is thought to be a chance hybrid of Arctostaphylos pilosula and Arctostaphylos densiflora or A. pungens. Ian Bush manzanita grows in an open, rounded form to about six feet, with smooth red bark…

This Santa Barbara Botanical Garden selection of this Channel Island endemic has proven to be a fine garden performer. It has a rounded form and displays leathery oval leaves against smooth cinnamon bark. With judicious summer pruning, ‘Canyon Sparkles’ may be trained into a small tree. Large clusters of white…

This Santa Barbara Botanical Garden selection of this Channel Island endemic has proven to be a fine garden performer. It has a rounded form and displays leathery oval leaves against smooth cinnamon bark. With judicious summer pruning, ‘Canyon Sparkles’ may be trained into a small tree. Large clusters of white…