Front Yard Emerald Carpet Manzanita

Fire resistant for defensible space.

Front yard emerald carpet manzanita.

It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn t necessarily require facer plants in front. Emerald carpet manzanita is an evergreen groundcover. It is a hybrid between arctostaphylos uva ursi and arctostaphylos nummularia. A hybrid of two coastal species a little.

Not a plant for heavy clay it does well in most other soil types. It is perfect for foundation plantings and the hell strip between your sidewalk and street too. Emerald carpet manzanita will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity with a spread of 4 feet. Small white flowers appear in mid winter through spring and are followed.

A natural hybrid discovered on haven s neck on the southern mendocino coast. Its shiny dark green leaves and red stems are complimented by cluster of white flowers in january and february possibly earlier. Arctostaphylos emerald carpet emerald carpet manzanita evergreen groundcover like shrub 8 14 inches tall and about 5 ft wide. It is a very compact and dense plant with small glossy deep green leaves that nearly hide the attractive cinnamon red stems with exfoliating bark.

Often planted en mass to create a large scale. Clusters of small white urn shaped flowers decorate the plant in early winter. It will grow to about 1 tall and 6 wide. Arctostaphylos emerald carpet manzanita.

Emerald carpet is drought tolerant but tolerates garden water well and is popular in commercial landscaping. Try using it in front of a hedge of taller manzanitas for a fresh look. Has roundish bright green leaves and small pink flowers. This popular manzanita forms a wonderful dense green groundcover around 1 ft.

Give emerald carpet manzanita a try. Tall by 6 ft. If you don t want to replace your whole lawn emerald carpet works great as a buffer between the existing lawn and other hedges.