Pringle Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pringlei
Pringle manzanita is a tall, glandular-hairy manzanita of Southwestern mountains and high desert, with red bark and pink bloom. A heat- and drought-proof, deer-resistant evergreen for arid gardens.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–15 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- February, March
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~17 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, CA