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Arctostaphylos regis-montana

The King's Mountain Manzanita is native to the Bay Area hills (King's Mountain is on the lower Peninsula). This specimen is in the native plants garden in Tilden Park, and I fell in love with it.

Archystaphylos regis-montana

Like most manzanitas, it thrives on neglect, prefers not to be fussed with, and is entirely adapted to our dry summers.

I bought my plant at Yerba Buena Nursery in Woodside in May 2006. It was a stunning six inches tall. When it gets over two feet I will plant it in the back of the yard, where it won't get irrigated.

Here it is in the back of the orchard, minding its own business, May 2006:
May 2006

Posted by Ayse on May 16, 2006 09:45 PM |

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