One of the easiest to grow of any manzanita, Harmony Manzanita is very similar to the popular variety Howard McMinn, at least when young, but in time it develops a far more tree like habit. Leaves are glossy green and beautiful pink flowers appear in late winter for over a month! No water once it’s established.
A fantastic low growing ground cover manzanita that’s one of our favorites. Silvery grey pointed leaves densely cover the low spreading stems and makes for a drought tolerant and weed suppressing evergreen ground cover.
Ghostly Manzanita truly lives up to its name with its pale white and silvery foliage that has traces of pink, especially in the young stems! It’s easily the most silver foliaged of any manzanita we’ve seen and we adore its year round beauty.
A northern California selection of manzanita by Sean Hogan and named for the Ishi Pishi Falls on the Klamath River near where it was found.
One of the most popular manzanita cultivars, and for good reason! Howard McMinn is a handsome manzanita year round with its gorgeous smooth mahogany bark and glossy deep green leaves.
Warren Roberts is one of our favorite manzanitas for foliage color with its soft gray/blue and new growth that emerges a fiery red. Gorgeous!
Dr. Hurd Manzanita is a favorite old manzanita selection that’s proven itself a reliable and easy to grow variety for our climate. One of the most architectural manzanitas, the twisting mahogany stems make an incredible focal point in the garden.
If you’re looking for that classic manzanita look with the sexy peeling purple bark and contorted muscular trunks then Louis Edmunds is the Manzanita for you!
A handsome little scrub oak from the California coast range that grows amongst manzanitas in a low shrubby form. These are tough little shrubs that can withstand a range of soil conditions so long as they’re well draining and in full sun. Leaves are evergreen and look good throughout the year and the acorns support a range of wildlife.
A unique and rare Siskiyou endemic, Jack’s Juniper grows only on ultramafic rocks in higher elevations of the Siskiyou Mountains, and also reportedly in a few places in the Cascades. It creates a beautiful slithering silvery ground cover that is absolutely breathtaking when covered in mountain mist and complements the manzanitas of the chapparal “overstory” perfectly. This is a very slow grower and should be given very sharp drainage, but has so far been amenable to nursery potting media, though a good bit of iron and magnesium once it’s planted in the ground should help it adapt to life outside of the mountains.
