Arctostaphylos 'Blue Bear' ECY, Manzanita Size:0.5 qt and branching low

and branching low

This is a female selection -- it will produce bright red berries only if planted near a male Aucuba japonica

Makes you want to give it a pat

This is a welcome biennial that will freely sow itself in all the right places in your garden without being considered a pest

Astelia alpina

Arctostaphylos 'Blue Bear' ECY, Manzanita Size:0.5 qt and branching lowArctostaphylos 'Blue Bear' is a Dancing Oaks Selection. Nursery owners Fred and Leonard wrote "3x3 amazing blue color with very clean foliage" in their notes when they came across it near Grants Pass. In the gardens here, it has been prone to some winter spotting but is so stunning in late summer that we give it a pass every year. We have our plant at the east end of an East West berm so there might be less spotting in a site with more airflow. 'Blue