Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'
Common Name: No common name
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a low-growing plant, with unusual twisting branches; forms a rather open, loose mound with age; the leaves are more widely spaced than most low-growing Manzanitas
Height 1' - 2'
Spread 5' - 6'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun at most locations; benefits from partial shade at hot-climate inland areas
Soil tolerates most, including clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 1-9, 14-24): tolerates high temperatures well
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, elliptic, with a rather narrow apex; gray-green, 1"-2" long, not as glossy as some other Manzanitas
Flowers white, urn-shaped, in small clusters; rather inconspicuous; March - April
Fruit if present, a small brown pome
 
Propagation:
softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
a durable facer or low filler, distinctive in its loose growth habit; suitable as a large-scale ground cover in both full sun and partial shade environments
 
Landscape Care:
Watering little watering needed at coastal-zone locations; an occasional deep soak at inland sites (14-21 days)
Fertilizing little needed
Pruning none required; selectively head back taller branches if a more compact shape is desired
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other one of the most durable low-growing manzanitas
 
Origin: cultivar
Family: Ericaceae

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