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Arbutus menziesii, or Pacific madrone (commonly madrone or madrona in the United States and arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae. It has waxy foliage, a contorted growth habit, and flaky bark. It is native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California.
Arbutus are small trees or shrubs with red flaking bark and edible red berries. [6] Fruit development is delayed for about five months after pollination, so that flowers appear while the previous year's fruit are ripening. [6] Peak flowering for the genus is in April with peak fruiting in October. [7]
California Native Plants for the Garden, Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien, Cachuma Press; California Native Trees and Shrubs, Lee W. Lenz, Rancho Santa Ana; Ceanothus, David Fross and Dieter Wilken, Timber Press; Complete Guide to Native Perennials of California, Glenn Keator, Chronicle Books
Fouquieria diguetii, known by the common names Adam's tree,palo Adán, and Baja [California] Tree Ocotillo, is a plant in the family Fouquieriaceae native to the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula, and the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa. It is a semi-succulent and deciduous plant related to the ocotillo and the Boojum tree. It is ...
Manzanita branches with red bark. Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos.They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Oregon, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and throughout Mexico.
Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–2,200 years or more. [4] This species includes the tallest living trees on Earth, reaching up to 115.9 m (380.1 ft) in height (without the roots) and up to 8.9 m (29 ft) in diameter at breast height.
Native red buckeye tree is easy to grow in a shady spot for its striking flowers that bloom in spring. ... bushy tree has showy panicles of deep red flowers 6 to 10 inches long on fine-toothed ...
Fremontodendron 'California Glory' — lemon-yellow flowers with a reddish tinge, grows 6.1 m (20 ft) in height by 6.1 m (20 ft) in width. It is the winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the California Horticultural Society in 1965, and received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1967. [19]