Manzanita

what varieties of manzanita have you had success with in the Vancouver BC area?

 

Isn’t this a fairly large category of plants?

Which one do you refer to?

Kinnikinnik (a fun palendrome?) grows around the dry rocky areas of Sechelt BC (hence the name of a large forested park and an elementary school )

Here is an interesting article (link below)

Pacific Horticulture Society | Arctostaphylos for Pacific Northwest Gardens

 

A. manzanita is the most impressive upright-growing species for local use. (Local as in near salt water). See photos of a Seattle example here:

Plant of the Month

Named horticultural selections of this species have been present in Seattle area independent garden centers in later years.

 

Ron, thanks for the link to this interesting article, and for another to the same website you just posted in another thread. I have added a link to the Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest - Online and Written Resources page.

 

Paul Bonnie of Xera plants has a great write up on the xera website. I’m wondering how many of those varietals have been tried up here? Portland obviously has some extra heat, lower precip, and some mild locations. I’d love to create a test garden of sorts; similar to those that exist in Oregon.

 

A. columbiana or its hybrid form is fairly common in the rocky bluffs above the Horseshoe bay ferry terminal. I don't recall seeing any tree-size specimens.