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Arctostaphylos catalinae
Santa Catalina Island manzanita is an evergreen shrub native to Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands off California, growing on coastal ridges. It is grown as an ornamental in coastal gardens and needs full sun and very little water.
Arctostaphylos catalinae, known by the common name Santa Catalina Island manzanita, is a species of manzanita native to Southern California. The evergreen shrub is found growing naturally only on Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands on the coast ridges. It thrives in maritime chaparral and can be used in coastal gardens.
The Santa Catalina Island manzanita can be used as an ornamental shrub in gardens. It requires full sun, very low water, and is adaptable to different soil conditions.
The plant is endemic to Santa Catalina Island, one of the southern Channel Islands of California.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos catalinae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
