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This hybrid manzanita was discovered at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and named for its discoverer. It has established itself as one of the finest low-growing manzanitas. The emerging leaves are red (like one of its likely parents, A. pajaroensis) and mature to a waxy olive-green. The growth is somewhat…

This manzanita is thought to be a hybrid between Arctostaphylos silvicola and A. bakeri. It is one of many exceptional plants introduced by Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita, CA. ‘La Panza’ manzanita grows as a fairly dense shrub with silver-gray leaves. The bark is dark red, leaning toward the…

This Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden introduction is appreciated for its overall beauty and large size. It displays the attractive features of one of the parent plants, Arctostaphylos pajaroensis: waxy blue-green leaves, pink flowers, prominent red fruit and appealing form. ‘Lester Rowntree’ manzanita grows in a fairly open, rounded form…

This is a hybrid manzanita involving the Vine Hill manzanita, Arctostaphylos densiflora. It was named by California Flora Nursery in Fulton after the landscape architect who selected it, Ron Lutsko. Although rarely grown, it has much to recommend it. The form is upright and round, with mahogany bark beneath dark…

This manzanita is one of the many contributions to the nursery trade by Bert Wilson of Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita. He and daughter Penny describe this selection as a hybrid involving Arctostaphylos bakeri ‘Louis Edmunds.’ Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel,’ and/or Arctostaphylos manzanita. ‘Mama Bear’ is most like Arctostaphylos manzanita…

The common manzanita grows throughout the inner coastal ranges north of the SF Bay, and in the lower foothills of the central Sierra Nevada, with a few scattered populations elsewhere (e.g. Santa Clara County). It is currently divided into six subspecies by taxonomists. The laevigatus subspecies is found in the…