Manzanita & Westringia
arctostaphylos howard mcminn & westringia fruticosa
Manzanita and westringia is a favorite plant combination for the background of the garden. It’s not a particularly exciting combo, but you can’t have every plant in the garden be a show-stopper and they bloom at the same time, in February when blooms are at a premium. The mounding form and small leaves have a nice, soft texture that works as the hard evergreen backbone; almost anything colorful or strong or dark or bold (for instance, the phormium ad nauseum in this photo) looks good in front of them.
ryan 3/1
Tags: manzanita, westringia
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March 1st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Hi Ryan, those are lovely. I agree, there has to be background to the showier blooms that can be admired on their own merits.
Frances