Plants For Chaparral
Austin Griffiths Manzanita is a hybrid between Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' and Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' manzanitas was introduced in the 1980's by Native Sons Nursery in memory of ... Learn more.
Mariposa Manzanita is native to the lower margins of the Sierra chaparral community. (see also A. glauca, A. viscida and A. manzanita.) The red trunks and gray foliage are dramatic. This manzanita,... Learn more.
This manzanita species is an evergreen shrub, 3-8' tall, native to the central Sierra Nevada from 2500-6000' elevation. A crown sprouter, it will regrow from the live root system after fires and so is... Learn more.
Arctostaphylos morroensis, Morro Manzanita is an evergray shrub that grows best in sun near the coast and prefers afternoon shade in the interior of the state. This is a sand lover, if you have heavy ... Learn more.
A rare manzanita from the Ione area where it grows on acidic sandy soil on hard pan. The soils vary in characterics from those around Monterey Bay, Lompoc, Atascadero, Los Osos, to many of the areas ... Learn more.
An evergreen shrub, 3-5' tall, with dark green leaves with reddish tips. A very nice manzanita if you live near the ocean. It grows in old acid sand dunes in the central coast ranges. It has drought t... Learn more.
(Synonym Arctostaphylos cruzensis, (Munz))A little shrub manzanita that grows to 2-3' tall and 4-5' across. A manzanita with auriculate leaves that are grey on smooth dark red stems that turn rough a... Learn more.
A gorgeous shrubby tree manzanita. Similar to Arcto. manzanita Dr. Hurd' but more open. Native in the San Diego area in chaparral. Associated plants include Keckiella ternatus, Keckiella antirrhinoide... Learn more.
Paradise Manzanita, is a sprawling evergreen shrub, that can be used as a ground cover or small border. This manzanita has dark red bark, white to pink flowers, depending upon climate that year and... Learn more.
Arctostaphylos parryana, Parry Manzanita, or Snow Lodge Manzanita, is a very clean, light-green, evergreen shrubby groundcover 4 ft tall and 6 ft wide.. Parry Manzanita has a pleasing appearance in ... Learn more.
Pecho Manzanita is a rare evergreen shrub that grows to five feet in height on shaly to sand with hardpan soil in the central coast area. A very unusual and wild plant with shiny, green to gray cl... Learn more.
Margarita's Joy manzanita is an interesting natural hybrid that occurs on the central coast. A very neat, tight and clean manzanita that is small enough to fit in most gardens. Dainty. The plant is g... Learn more.
This very gray, fuzzy manzanita with red stems grows 3' to 6' in height. It grows in the central coast ranges in the Pliocene sand of the area. The other form of A. pilosula also grows on this sand... Learn more.
Pinkbract Manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei drupacea has slightly fuzzy sticky foliage and flowers. Gray foliage starts out kinda pink and grows out green-gray. Because the flower bracts can be red,... Learn more.
Mexican manzanita is an evergreen shrub around six foot tall, (usually taller than wide) that grows from Montana to Mount Tamalpais (just north of the Golden gate) south to Baja, and on to Texas. Me... Learn more.
Burton Mesa ground cover form of Arctostaphylos purrissima is a bright green, evergreen one foot by four foot tall. Purrissima is very tolerant of sand and can grow in beach sand in coastal regions. I... Learn more.
Rainbowensis is a lower moundy Big Berried Manzanita. We grew some for a remediation in South Riverside County, and are growing new plants off of the extra plants. We have not played with the plants ... Learn more.
Arctostaphylos refugioensis, Refugio Manzanita is native to the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara. This manzanita grows in the chaparral. Associated plants range from Styrax sp., Adenostoma sp,... Learn more.
Shag Bark Manzanita, Arctostaphylos rudis, is an evergreen shrub a foot and a half or so tall and 3 feet wide. It does best in coastal sand and sun. Shag Bark Manzanita is a great choice for N... Learn more.
Arctostaphylos rudis 'Burton Beauty' looks a bit like a columnar 'Howard McMinn'; However, unlike 'Howard McMinn' that grows in northern California in clay soil and moderate rainfall, Burton Beauty gr... Learn more.
Arctostaphylos silvicola 'Ghostly' is very gray almost white plant with deep red bark. One of the most gray plants I've ever seen, much grayer than 'Dr. Hurd' or 'Louis Edmunds' Manzanita. Evergray ... Learn more.
'Louis Edmunds' manzanita is an eight to ten foot evergreen shrub. The manzanita to plant for the gray foliage and purple, not red, bark. 'Louis Edmunds' manzanita will survive in the interior he... Learn more.
The 'Zin' form of Arctostaphylos stanfordiana stanfordiana is a vase shaped plant with purple bark and clean dark green leaves. The foliage seems to be fairly well retained to the ground and mak... Learn more.
A manzanita introduction by Ken Taylor from San Bruno mountain. This Arctostaphylos might be the uva-ursi forma leobreweri saved from extinction by James Roof. Nice plant, tolerant of gardens and eve... Learn more.
Sprawling shrub manzanita to 8-12 feet wide, two to eight foot tall, light green foliage with reddish new growth. A nice looking plant with glossy green leaves and a shiny clean appearance. It doesn'... Learn more.
