Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'

Common Name:
Manzanita
Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Ericaceae (The Heath Family)
Geographic Origin:
California
California Native?:
Yes

Plant Size:
4 feet high by 8 feet wide
Landscape/Garden Uses:
ground cover
Flowering Season:
Winter and spring

Flower Color:
White
Exposure:
Full sun
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Occasional to little watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 10 degrees F. or less

Arctostaphylos hookeri is one of our local natives, colonizing open hills around Monterey Bay. This robust selection makes broad mounds to 4 feet high by 8 feet or more broad. It has attractive upsweeping, crooked trunks, the usual hookeri foliage, and white flowers. Sun, well drained soil, occasional to little supplemental watering once established.