Baker's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos bakeri
Baker's manzanita is a rare California manzanita with smooth mahogany bark and pink urn-shaped flowers, prized in gardens for its sculptural form. Drought-tolerant and deer-resistant once established.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–10 ft
- Spacing
- 5–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~17 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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