So, What's In Bloom At 6,750 Feet?
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Greenleaf Mazanita (Arctostaphylos patula) is the earliest locally native plant to bloom in our garden. To give an idea of the scale, the lovely little upside-down urn-shaped flowers are 1/4 of an inch long. Greenleaf Manzanita is common, at or near this elevation, throughout the San Bernardino Mountains. The light and shadow play on these leaves is one of my favorite photographic subjects.
Labels: flowers, native plant garden
posted by Jim at 10:35 AM
9 Comments:
Lovely. Looks a lot like our bearberry (same genus, and I had no idea there were so many species in that genus!) except that the colour and texture of your flowers is even prettier. I'm trying to remember whether we have bearberry right in this area, or if I've only seen it farther north.
Very pretty and I love the contrast of the flower against the leaf.
Another lovely plant and great photo. When I was young, can scarcely remember that long ago, :=)We made manzanita jelly in the autumn from the berries.
Is it an evergreen, Jim? What does it smell like?
Beautiful this Greenleaf Mazanita!
Lovely. What pollinates them?
A really delicate looking little flower. I am looking forward to a picture of the fruit.
Those are interesting flowers. I like the coloring of them, but they are so small and I have never seen the plant before. Do the flowers show up well on the plant?
the leaf patterns are exquisite.
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