It is a hybrid between arctostaphylos uva ursi and arctostaphylos nummularia.
Front yard emerald carpet manzanita.
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.
Try using it in front of a hedge of taller manzanitas for a fresh look.
Arctostaphylos emerald carpet emerald carpet manzanita evergreen groundcover like shrub 8 14 inches tall and about 5 ft wide.
Emerald carpet manzanita this popular manzanita emerald carpet is valued for its dense deep green foliage and rapid spreading growth up to two feet a year.
Emerald carpet manzanita is an evergreen groundcover.
A hybrid of two coastal species a little.
A natural hybrid discovered on haven s neck on the southern mendocino coast.
It is perfect for foundation plantings and the hell strip between your sidewalk and street too.
This popular manzanita forms a wonderful dense green groundcover around 1 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.
It will grow to about 1 tall and 6 wide.
Often planted en mass to create a large scale.
Arctostaphylos emerald carpet carpet manzanita a low growing shrub 10 to 16 inches tall and spreading to 3 6 feet wide.
Its shiny dark green leaves and red stems are complimented by cluster of white flowers in january and february possibly earlier.
It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
Emerald carpet manzanita will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity with a spread of 4 feet.
It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn t necessarily require facer plants in front.
Small white flowers appear in mid winter through spring and are followed.
Not a plant for heavy clay it does well in most other soil types.
Emerald carpet is drought tolerant but tolerates garden water well and is popular in commercial landscaping.
Has roundish bright green leaves and small pink flowers.
Arctostaphylos emerald carpet manzanita.
Give emerald carpet manzanita a try.