Manzanita is in full bloom right now. The whole shrub is often covered in beautiful urn-shaped, pink and white flowers. This California native, genus Arctostaphylos, will make a wonderful addition to ...

A hummingbird in flight in front of a blurry green background - Milan Zygmunt/Shutterstock When you're creating a garden to attract hummingbirds, every plant counts. You might picture towering spikes ...

Manzanita covered the dusty chaparral country of the Wild West, as iconic as shoot-'em-ups and saloons, as ruggedly handsome as John Wayne. Muscular trunks and tough, evergreen leaves allowed it to ...

We describe two new subspecies of the widespread shrub Arctostaphylos. One subspecies is a southern extension of A. purissima; A. purissima subsp. globosa V.T. Parker and M.C. Vasey. It differs from ...

Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) and Ceanothus are two common plants found throughout California. There are approximately 60 species of Arctostaphylos, from prostrate forms to tree size. There are ...

If local gardeners rightly consider the Bay Area a slice of Eden, then the manzanita deserves special attention: its name is Spanish for "little apple." Knowledge and sin may not necessarily derive ...

In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos ...

Stable isotopes were used to evaluate water sources for co-occurring Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi Grev & Balf.) and greenleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula Greene) in the southern Sierra Nevada, ...

In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos that make ...

When Rose Hillson and her husband, Steve, bought their home on San Francisco's Parker Avenue 17 years ago, they didn't know about the botanical mystery that came with it. They never expected to ...

There are some plants that you only need to encounter once and, instantly, you feel a connection to them that goes straight into your soul. They are like those rare people whom you meet by chance and ...

Homeowners are starting to remove sections of their lawns. The cost of water is rising along with electricity. Grass is the highest maintenance of any crop. There are xeric plants that are low ...