Arctostaphylos 'Lester Rowntree', Manzanita shade or part sun Look inside for secret colors

Look inside for secret colors

having blue-green-grey foliage and branches

small elegant blooms have pincushion centers ringed with a collar of large sepals above spreading carpets of finely cut leaves

Toward summer the leaves turn progressively greener

its airy structure is fairly compact with a dense growth of fine twigs and small

Arctostaphylos 'Lester Rowntree', Manzanita shade or part sun Look inside for secret colorsIts open habit reveals an internal framework of beautiful dark mahogany branches. Copper red new growth matures to pewter gray green foliage that sets off dainty clusters of rose pink flowers beautiful color all around. Selected by the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, a hybrid between pajaroensis and possibly obispoensis. In our garden, it is planted on the north side of a gentle slope with shade from Fagus sylvatica 'Red Obelisk'. Given the shade, it