Arctostaphylos x media 'Point Arena' Fresh red and purple flowers

red and purple flowers

and occasional summer water at least to establish

blue-silver

A welcome addition to the winter garden

Part sun to light shade

Arctostaphylos x media 'Point Arena' Fresh red and purple flowersA Cistus Nursery introduction. This lovely plant from the place of the same name along the northern California coast. Grows to a dense eighteen inches tall, the original plant over sixty feet across, spilling over the edge of a cliff to the sea spray of the Pacific. In cultivation has spread to about five feet in as many years. Densely held jade green leaves to an inch and a half, lightly furry complemented by pearly pink to white flowers mid to late