Manzanita is in full bloom right now. The whole shrub is often covered in beautiful urn-shaped, pink and white flowers. This California native, genus Arctostaphylos, will make a wonderful addition to ...

Manzanita covered the dusty chaparral country of the Wild West, as iconic as shoot-'em-ups and saloons, as ruggedly handsome as John Wayne. Muscular trunks and tough, evergreen leaves allowed it to ...

In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos that make ...

In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos ...

We describe two new subspecies of the widespread shrub Arctostaphylos. One subspecies is a southern extension of A. purissima; A. purissima subsp. globosa V.T. Parker and M.C. Vasey. It differs from ...

If local gardeners rightly consider the Bay Area a slice of Eden, then the manzanita deserves special attention: its name is Spanish for "little apple." Knowledge and sin may not necessarily derive ...

The diminutive blossoms of the manzanita are a welcome source of food for native pollinators this time of year. Since it is one of the first plants to bloom, the urn-shaped flowers draw scores of ...

There are some plants that you only need to encounter once and, instantly, you feel a connection to them that goes straight into your soul. They are like those rare people whom you meet by chance and ...

A hummingbird in flight in front of a blurry green background - Milan Zygmunt/Shutterstock When you're creating a garden to attract hummingbirds, every plant counts. You might picture towering spikes ...

When Rose Hillson and her husband, Steve, bought their home on San Francisco's Parker Avenue 17 years ago, they didn't know about the botanical mystery that came with it. They never expected to ...

The manzanita shrub is in flower now; it is one of our earliest bloomers. The white-pink, urn-shaped flowers are attractive in wintertime. Only two species of manzanita grow at China Camp, according ...

Now that our new president has called us to service, Southern Californians have another reason to pitch in and avert a looming water crisis. We can do it now, and the first step couldn’t be simpler or ...