Arctostaphylos glauca
Big Berry Manzanita
Description
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.
Sun
Full
Water
Very Low, Low
Growth Rate
Slow
Soil Type
Sandy, Loam, Rocky
Soil Condition
Average, Well-drained, Dry
Soil pH
Acid
Adverse Factors
Attracts Bees
Dig-up patches of weeds and undesirable grasses from turf areas.
Use water to grow the turf you want, not the weeds you don't want! Once you have eliminated what you don't want, add sod or over-seed to repair the bare areas.