Arctostaphylos x media - Ma-le’l Dunes Selection, Manzanita riparian mason bees

mason bees

and a somewhat irregular

During mid- to late-summer stalks up to 4 feet tall are topped with 6- to 8-inch wide umbels made of blooms with pure white petals atop dark blue-violet bases

and 'Diane'

Bambooesque in impression and exhilarating in full moonlight

Arctostaphylos x media - Ma-le’l Dunes Selection, Manzanita riparian mason beesSpring white flowers and glossy, bright green to grey green leaves. A low growing, natural hybrid of A. uva ursi & A. columbiana. Selection from natural hybrid colony at Ma lel Dunes in California. The parent colony was 3 ft T x 20 ft W with markedly upright dark clean foliage. We expect this group's mature dimensions to be smaller in Oregon and Washington. Mature size: 1. 5 2 ft T & 5 5 ft W Minimum temperature: 10 F