![Arctostaphylos manzanita](images/Arctostaphylos-manzanita-410-033-2.JPG)
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Arctostaphylos manzanita is tree-like in habit, growing in grassland, chapparal and woodlands from the San Francisco Bay area north to Humbolt County. Its beautiful bark glows reddish-brown on snaky branches. The leathery gray green leaves are broad and measure up to two inches in length. Among the earliest manzanitas to bloom, its urn-shaped flowers often begin to open in early winter. By early summer reddish spherical fruits appear.
Early winter. 10-12 ft.
White to Pink flowers
Sun Zones 7, 8, 9 |