Greenleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula
Greenleaf manzanita is a rounded mountain manzanita with bright apple-green leaves, mahogany bark, and pink urn flowers, widespread in western conifer forests. Drought-hardy, deer-resistant, and wildlife-rich.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~17 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NV, OR, UT