Flowers in a February California native garden
These were complied from my photos in the month of February in our native garden.A lot of these photos are manzanitas as many flower at the beginning of the year and in spring.
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November Native Flowers
August Native Flowers
May Native Flowers
Austin Griifith's Manzanita flowers from late December in early March and commonly experiences snow here.
Under the leaves where there are flowers out of the snow, Austin Griifith's Manzanita is alive with birds and butterflies. Yea, California, butterflies in the snow.
Baby Bear Manzanita Bush grows into a very small little bush, unless it gets water, then it could play football.
Baby Bear Manzanita Bush in one of our snow storms. A week later it looked like the other photo, honest.
Brittleleaf Manzanita is a little obscure but we have had in in the garden.
Sentinel Manzanita is the best insect plant we have. The predatory flies and other insects love it, as do the hummingbirds.
Ian Bush manzanita grows very fast into a 5 ft. plant, then very slowly to maybe 6 ft.. Great as a hedge plant.
Island Manzanita is a clean little bush.
La Panza manzanita is gray with many white flowers.
Mama Bear Manzanita is another great hedge plant.
I'll stop showing the February snow scenes, but here is Mama Bear. Our storms are fast and there was a hummingbird working the flowers where there was no snow.
Mariposa Manzanita has great nectar.
The Quail foraging in the snow.
San Luis Obispo Manzanita is a small, very gray shrub.
Greenleaf Manzanita grows in the mountains and in our garden.
Pecho Manzanita looks prehistoric.
Arctostaphylos pechoensis Margarita's Joy is a miniature bush with red bark and white flowers.
Mexican Manzanita grows to about 6 feet.
Lompoc Manzanita makes an unique California groundcover.
Rainbow Manzanita makes a high groundcover.
Refugio Manzanita can be used as a formal border or knee high groundcover.
Santa Cruz Manzanita is gray, so gray it turns white in moon light.
Sonoma Manzanita Bush looks like a small Baby Bear.
Louis Edmunds manzanita is stunning.
Napa Manzanita is the perfect size of a neighborly hedge.
California Morning Glory flowers for much of the year.
Buckbrush is a great nectar sources for the small wildlife.
Maritime California Lilac is a flat groundcover.
Ceanothus griseus horizontalis Yankee Point is one of the few natives planted in the mall parking lots.
