Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California scientists discovered a new species of manzanita, believed to grow only in places along the state’s south-central coast ...

Too often evergreen shrubs are mis-pruned in the average landscape, shaved into spheres, boxes and misshapen loaves of green bread. This is usually because amateur and professional gardeners do not ...

After the chance discovery of a Franciscan manzanita, the rare plant was carefully relocated to a secret location in San Francisco’s Presidio. Can it survive in the wild? One October evening 10 years ...

How much space does a plant need to grow, if its population recently crashed to a single specimen? In the case of the Franciscan Manzanita, a shrub thought to be extinct in the wild until it was ...

Bumblebees and manzanita. What a perfect combination in the early spring garden. When manzanita blooms, bumblebees buzz the flowers. Bumblebees are important pollinators for early blooming fruit trees ...

The manzanita shrub is in flower now; it is one of our earliest bloomers. The white-pink, urn-shaped flowers are attractive in wintertime. Only two species of manzanita grow at China Camp, according ...

Where researchers found a new species of California manzanita Scientists estimate there are only 300-700 of the new manzanita shrubs What is endangering the new manzanita shrub California scientists ...