Description

San Diego mountain mahogany is common in the coastal regions of Orange and San Diego County. Like other mountain mahogany species it grows as a multi-trunk shrub with dark green, birch-like leaves and gray bark. It has a more rounded form than other species and is somewhat shorter at maturity. Following a bloom of inconspicuous yellow flowers, seed heads appear with long, fuzzy “tails” that give the plant a misty appearance for many weeks in the summer. San Diego Mountain mahogany will grow in a variety of soils and partial shade, and needs very little water once established.