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California Grape cv.
Big Berry Manzanita
California Grape cv.

Common name:California Grape cv.
Botanical name:Vitis californica 'Roger's Red'

This plant is a woody deciduous vine with round large leaves. The flowers are in small fragrant blooms and berry clusters appear in the summer. This vine has sprawling , climbing growth habit. It is a selection with outstanding fall color. This plant is native to California and is drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms Note: Named for red leaves in the fall

Big Berry Manzanita

Common name:Big Berry Manzanita
Botanical name:Arctostaphylos glauca

This beautiful manzanita is a shrub that also looks like a small tree, slowly reaching 15' tall and wide. Bark is reddish brown color. Evergreen leaves are rounded and blue green. Lantern-shaped clusters of white-pink flowers hang from short red stems in winter and through spring. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love these flowers. After bloom period, edible berries to a red color, providing food for mammals and birds. It does best in full sun with acidic, well draining soil. Established plants are drought tolerant. Great plant for hillsides. Prune only during summer.

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Photographer: Vicki Anderson

Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Integrated Pest Management:

Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.