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The document summarizes information about La Purisima Manzanita (Arctostaphylos purissima), a shrub native to western Santa Barbara County, California. It grows 3-5 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide, with shiny bright green leaves and attractive white urn-shaped flowers in winter/early spring followed by red fruits. It is often used as a large woody groundcover under oaks and other drought tolerant trees. Propagation is difficult from seed but possible from semi-soft wood cuttings in fall.
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Toyon/CA Christmas Berry is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to chaparral and coastal areas from southern Oregon to Baja California. It has stiff, leathery leaves and grows 6-10 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide. In summer it produces showy white blooms that attract butterflies and birds, followed by bright red berries in fall and winter that are eaten by songbirds and waxwings. It is drought tolerant once established and thrives in full sun to full shade with well-drained soil. Pruning is recommended yearly in late winter to maintain shape and encourage flowering and fruiting on new wood.
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Hooker's Manzanita is a low-growing woody evergreen shrub native to California coasts that spreads as a groundcover. It has light green leaves and attractive red-brown bark, blooming small pink-white urn-shaped flowers in early spring followed by small edible red-brown apple-like fruits in late summer. It is a good choice for a woody evergreen groundcover in well-drained soils under trees or in coastal areas, attracting hummingbirds and providing bird habitat and food from its fruits. Propagation from seed is difficult but may be possible from cuttings.
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Madrone is an evergreen tree native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California. It grows 50-100 feet tall with broad, spreading branches and glossy green leaves. In spring, it produces showy white urn-shaped flowers followed by pea-sized orange-red edible fruits. Madrone is used as an ornamental shade tree and provides habitat for birds and other wildlife. It grows best in part shade to full sun locations with well-drained soil and adequate winter rainfall.
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Blue/Rose sage is a woody subshrub native to desert mountains in California and Nevada. It has large, spoon-shaped aromatic leaves and exceptionally showy blue flowers with purple bracts that bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. Blue/Rose sage works well in dry beds, rock gardens, or containers with other native and Mediterranean plants. It requires well-drained soil and little to no summer water once established.
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Blue Blossum is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to coastal regions from Santa Barbara to southern Oregon. It grows 6-12 feet tall and wide, with bright to dark green, shiny foliage and large bunches of blue to white flowers in spring. As one of the largest Ceanothus species, it can be used as a small tree, hedge, or foundation plant and provides habitat for birds and butterflies. It grows well in full sun or partial shade with well-drained soil and occasional water once established.
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Conejo buckwheat is a rare, endemic perennial subshrub native to the Santa Monica Mountains in Ventura County, California. It has a distinctive mounded form reaching 1-2 feet tall and wide, with wooly white-silver foliage and bright yellow flowers in spring. As a drought tolerant plant with decorative foliage and blooms, it is well-suited for gardens, along walkways, in rock gardens, and containers where it requires full sun, well-drained soil, and little summer water once established. Its flowers attract butterflies and seeds feed birds.
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This document summarizes information about the Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita, an endemic shrub native to coastal California. It is a woody evergreen groundcover that grows 2-3 feet tall and 5-8 feet wide, with bright green leaves and shreddy red bark. It blooms in winter or early spring with small pink flowers and produces hairy red "little apples". It is suitable as a low-maintenance groundcover or specimen plant and attracts birds and pollinators. It prefers full sun in coastal areas and part shade inland, and tolerates many soil types with occasional summer watering.
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