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Horticultural selection from Arctostaphylos hookeri. This gorgeous evergreen manzanita is a low growing shrub with bright green leaves. It has flowers that range from a pale pink to white. It doesn't like temperature extremes but does great in inland areas in partial shade. During the warmer summer months some water is needed but it is fairly drought tolerant. Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. Selected for the garden from species found in Northern and central Central Coast, western san Francisco Bay Area.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

2 - 3 ft Tall
6 - 8 ft Wide

Form

Mounding

Growth rate

slow

Dormancy

Evergreen

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Color

Pink

Flowering season

Spring

Special uses

Groundcover, Hedge

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Cold tolerance

15

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil description

Tolerates a wide variety of soils.
Soil PH: 5.0 - 6.0

Trees - Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) or other pines and Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Low growing shrubs and herbs - Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), Coyote Brush (Baccharis spp.), Ceanothus species, Dudleya species, Coast Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), and Seaside Daisy (Erigeron spp.).

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