Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos manzanita
Common Name: Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae
Type: Broad leaved evergreen tree and shrub
Origin/Habitat: California sierra foothills and coast range
Leaf Character: Alternate simple 2.5" Oblong to broadly elliptic,
Flower Type: terminal panicle 1" urceolate, individual flowers are 1/4"
Color: white or pink
Period: Late winter to early spring
Fruit: drupe, flat and globose 1/2" red and grows during fall
Bark: peeling, dark brown, blackish and red
Exposure: sun to partial shade
Water: infrequent but thorough
Remarks: outstanding flowers, foliage, bark, used as hedge, visual screen, specimen and also in containers
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