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Little Sur manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii

Little Sur manzanita
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Little Sur manzanita is a low, mat-forming evergreen shrub native to the coastal bluffs of Monterey County, California, grown for its shiny leaves and white to pale pink urn-shaped flowers. It needs sharp drainage and full sun, and it resents heavy soil and overwatering.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; allow the root zone to dry out between waterings and avoid wet feet.
Soil
Sandy, fast-draining, slightly acidic mix; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
Tolerates mild coastal temperatures, roughly 4–25 °C; protect from hard freezes below about -7 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. California (NW. Monterey Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Arctostaphylos edmundsii, with the common name Little Sur manzanita, is a species of manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California where it grows on the coastal bluffs of Monterey County.

Other Arctostaphylos plants

Vine Hill manzanita · Hooker's manzanita · Montara manzanita · Morro manzanita · Kinnikinnick · Sticky whiteleaf manzanita · Manzanita · Mission manzanita

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos edmundsii 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.

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