Mail Order Catalog Fall 2010 - Cistus Nursery

* Arctostaphylos silvicola SBH 7491 bonny doon manzanita
A Cistus collection from Bonny Doon, California of this rare and endangered manzanita, endemic to California's
Santa Cruz Mountains. A large, evergreen shrub that can reach 10 ft tall x 20 ft wide at maturity, these have
smooth stems with dark red bark and pale, gray green, somewhat woolly leaves that are especially silvery,
justifying a second common name, ghost manzanita. Summer flowers are white as well. Full sun to light shade, in
lean soil with excellent drainage. Tolerant of occasional summer water once established if temperatures are not
too hot. Frost hardy to 10 to 15F, USDA zone 8.
$14.00
$15.00
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* Arctostaphylos x miwukka 'Blue Point'
This selection, another choice by Allan Taylor from a lovely group of natural hybrids in Eldorado County
California, is an evergreen mounding shrub, to 3 ft tall or a bit more, with particularly large pale blue leaves, to 3",
on contrasting mahogany-red stems, to 4 ft, with peachy pink flowers in profusion from late winter to mid spring.
Best in mineral soil that drains well in full sun with very little summer water once established. Frost hardy in
USDA zone 6b. (A. x miwukka is a stable hybrid between A. viscida ssp. mariposa x A. patula.)
Ericaceae
* Arctostaphylos x miwukka 'Blue Porcelain'
This selection, another choice by Allan Taylor from a lovely group of natural hybrids in Eldorado County
California, is an evergreen mounding shrub, to 3 ft tall or a bit more, of lovely jade-blue green leaves, 2" long and
somewhat wider, on striking mahogany stems. Flowers in profusion with white bells in spring. Best in mineral
soil that drains well in full sun with very little summer water once established. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6b.
(A. x miwukka is a stable hybrid between A. viscida ssp. mariposa x A. patula.)
Ericaceae
* Arctostaphylos x miwukka 'Chocolate Drop'
This naturally occuring cross is a lovely celadon blue in appearance with contrasting mahogany stems, the
pointed leaves, about 2" x 2", a perfect backdrop for the white flowers in early winter to spring. The fruit, the
color of molle, nearly matches the muscular stems. This selection by Allan Taylor in California's Eldorado
County at 5000 ft. Best in sun with good mineral soil and little summer water once established. Frost hardy in
USDA zone 8. (A. x miwukka is a stable hybrid between A. viscida ssp. mariposa x A. patula.)
Ericaceae
Arisaema aff. fargesii
One of the prettiest of the arisaemas -- we say this mostly because we have it -- this 24" perennial has been a
beautiful and reliable addition to our shade garden it its compound leaves consisting of many narrow leaflets, in
this form, banded in the center with silver. These can be late to emerge, sometimes not showing until late summer,
so plant away from overactive shovels. Requires shade and summer dampness but no winter puddles. Frost
hardy in USDA zone 7 possibly colder.
$16.00
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