Our Plants (List)

Montara Mountain marks the northern limit of the Santa Cruz Mountains. From its peak one spies the Pacific Ocean on one side and the SF Bay on the other. At five hundred feet or so, the narrow range of the Montara manzanita begins. In this coastal chaparral, this rare manzanita…

This is one of the many species of manzanita found growing near San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast. This is one of the manzanita “hot spots” where numerous species occur together in a small geographic area. An interesting element of these hot spots is that each species favors a…

This is one of the many species of manzanita found growing near San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast. This is one of the manzanita “hot spots” where numerous species occur together in a small geographic area. An interesting element of these hot spots is that each species favors a…

This is one of the many species of manzanita found growing near San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast. This is one of the manzanita “hot spots” where numerous species occur together in a small geographic area. An interesting element of these hot spots is that each species favors a…

Bishop manzanita is one of many species native to the mountain ranges of the Central Coast. It grows in the Santa Lucia Range from southern Monterey County through San Luis Obispo County. The form is upright, dense and rounded. with silver-gray foliage and white winter flowers. The leaf shape varies…

These plants were grown from cuttings taken from a plant purchased from Theodore Payne Foundation in 2021.

The Oso manzanita grows in the coastal mountains near San Luis Obispo on California’s central coast. This area supports quite a variety of manzanita species. The Oso manzanita grows as a rounded shrub with shiny leaves that are somewhat heart-shaped. New leaves have an attractive red margin. Like several other…