Large California Native Screening and Specimen Shrubs - Southern California

Written by Greg Rubin

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Favorite Large California Native Screening and Specimen Shrubs

•  Louis Edmunds Manzanita - Arctostaphylos bakeri ssp. bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'
  Series of 5-8 foot manzanitas (along with 'Sentinel', 'Mama Bear' and 'Baby Bear') that are all easy, fairly fast growing, nice flowers and berries, and with nice structure. All could be used for hiding a fence at the back of the landscape, as well as specimen plants in the middle.
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• Sentinel Manzanita - Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel'
  Series of 5-8 foot manzanitas (along with 'Louis Edmunds', 'Mama Bear' and 'Baby Bear') that are all easy, fairly fast growing, nice flowers and berries, and with nice structure. All could be used for hiding a fence at the back of the landscape, as well as specimen plants in the middle.
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• Baby Bear Manzanita - Arctostaphylos densiflora x bakeri 'Baby Bear'
  Series of 5-8 foot manzanitas (along with 'Sentinel', 'Louis Edmunds', and 'Mama Bear') that are all easy, fairly fast growing, nice flowers and berries, and with nice structure. All could be used for hiding a fence at the back of the landscape, as well as specimen plants in the middle.
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• Mama Bear Manzanita - Arctostaphylos densiflora x bakeri 'Mama Bear'
  Series of 5-8 foot manzanitas (along with 'Sentinel', 'Louis Edmunds' and 'Baby Bear') that are all easy, fairly fast growing, nice flowers and berries, and with nice structure. All could be used for hiding a fence at the back of the landscape, as well as specimen plants in the middle.
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• Austin Griffith Manzanita - Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Austin Griffith'
  Relatively fast growing, beautifully structured, adaptable 10' manzanita with pretty pink flowers. Shows classic branching characteristic of larger manzanita.
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• Ray Hartman Ceanothus - Ceanothus griseus X arboreus 'Ray Hartman'
  Adaptable, fast, easy, dark blue flowered wild lilacs. Reach about 8-12 feet. Evergreen.
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• Frosty Blue Ceanothus - Ceanothus sp 'Frosty Blue'
  Adaptable, fast, easy, dark blue flowered wild lilacs. Reach about 8-12 feet. Evergreen.
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• Tessajara Blue Ceanothus - Ceanothus sp 'Tassajara Blue'
  Adaptable, fast, easy, dark blue flowered wild lilacs. Reach about 8-12 feet. Evergreen.
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• Island Mountain Mahogany - Cercocarpus alnifolius
  Great narrow screening plant. 4'W by 8-12'H with evergreen leaves to the base - looks like a small birch. Drought tolerant, good sub for bamboo when you want to hide the neighbors and only have 3 feet to do it in!
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• Toyon - Heteromeles arbutifolia
  What a plant! Dark, evergreen leaves, white summer flowers, and amazing bright red berries in December. One of the most important food plants for migrating birds in Calif. (an aviary on a stick!). Color is intense - will rival a bougainvillea in good years. Supposedly Hollywood was named after this plant. Older specimens can be pruned into trees.
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• Lemonadeberry - Rhus integrifolia
  Lemonadeberry is coastal, Sugarbush is for inland applications. Tough, easy, moderate growth rate with dense evergreen foliage. Can be sheared to form a beautiful hedge as well. Big plants - to 10 feet high by 15 feet wide unpruned.
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• Sugarbush - Rhus ovata
  Lemonadeberry is coastal, Sugarbush is for inland applications. Tough, easy, moderate growth rate with dense evergreen foliage. Can be sheared to form a beautiful hedge as well. Big plants - to 10 feet high by 15 feet wide unpruned.
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