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A favorite manzanita for its dark purple bark, pink winter flowers and moderate size. The open structure displays the smooth bark. With judicious pruning during summer, this manzanita can be trained into a small tree or encouraged to take a more columnar shape. ‘Louis Edmunds’ manzanita thrives in partial shade….

This silvery manzanita occurs on slopes and ridges in coastal mountains from southwestern Oregon to the Loma Prieta region of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. One finds it in chaparral and forest openings, where its nearly white foliage makes it conspicuous. It grows as a dense, rounded shrub with…

This manzanita is found on Santa Cruz and Santa Catalina Islands off the coast of southern California. It grows as an upright shrub or small tree with smooth bark of chocolate brown (dark, that is, about 70% cocoa). The leaves are bright green when young, maturing to olive green. The…

This robust manzanita grows in coastal settings from Mendocino County into British Columbia. It is one of the few species that grows in Canada, along with kinnikinnick, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, with which hairy manzanita will hybridize. Hairy manzanita grows as an upright shrub with large, oval leaves and an open structure….

This manzanita has a patchy distribution in coastal mountains from the SF Bay Area to Los Angeles County and the northern Channel Islands. It is the dominant manzanita of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is highly variable and is divided into several subspecies. The crustacea subspecies is distinguished only by…

The La Cruz manzanita is one of the many interesting species found in the moderate coastal environment of San Luis Obispo County. The area is one of several manzanita “hot spots” where numerous diverse manzanita species thrive. The La Cruz manzanita grows as a low spreading mound of heart shaped…

Vine Hill manzanita is a rare manzanita from Sonoma County. Naturally rare, it has become only more scarce as its habitat has been consumed by development. The species now naturally occurs only in the one acre Vine Hill Preserve. Many selections of this vigorous manzanita have been taken over the…

Howard McMinn is perhaps the best known of California’s many manzanita species. It is certainly the selection most widely planted. It is one of the many selections of the Vine Hill manzanita, a rare endemic of Sonoma County. Howard McMinn grows as an upright shrub to six feet or so…