Hoary Manzanita
Arctostaphylos canescens
Hoary manzanita is a gray-hairy evergreen manzanita of western chaparral and conifer forest, with the genus's signature red bark and early bell flowers. A tough, deer-resistant pollinator shrub.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~17 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- CA, OR