Emerald Carpet Plant

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Emerald carpet plant.

This popular manzanita forms a wonderful dense green groundcover around 1 ft. A hybrid of two coastal species a little. When you re ready to plant your emerald dig a hole that s about one and a half to two times your plant s root ball place the root ball back fill the soil and water to settle the roots. Plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot.

It is a hybrid between arctostaphylos uva ursi and arctostaphylos nummularia. Grows in sun to part sun. Emerald carpet is drought tolerant but tolerates garden water well and is popular in commercial landscaping. Not a plant for heavy clay it does well in most other soil types.

Arctostaphylos emerald carpet is probably the favorite of most landscapers due to its exceptionally dense rich green glossy foliage attractive stems and white flowers in early spring. Often planted en mass to create a large scale groundcover. It is a cross between a. It is a very compact and dense plant with small glossy deep green leaves that nearly hide the attractive cinnamon red stems with exfoliating bark.

Nummularia and needs fertile soil to retain its deep green color. A natural hybrid discovered on haven s neck on the southern mendocino coast. Emerald carpet manzanita this popular manzanita emerald carpet is valued for its dense deep green foliage and rapid spreading growth up to two feet a year. It will grow to about 1 tall and 6 wide.

The emerald carpet also thrives in nearly any soil type except for clay. Its shiny dark green leaves and red stems are complimented by cluster of white flowers in january and february possibly earlier. Emerald carpet manzanita is an evergreen groundcover preferred by the non native folks that want to plant a native. Somewhat slower growing than bearberry and slightly taller.

Because of its spreading habit of growth it is ideally suited for use as a spiller in the spiller thriller filler container combination. Arctostaphylos emerald carpet carpet manzanita a low growing shrub 10 to 16 inches tall and spreading to 3 6 feet wide. Tall by 6 ft. Bragg thru oregon along the coast anywhere else treat as a drought tolerant lawn.

Rubus pentalobus emerald carpet aka emerald carpet creeping raspberry. Flower color is and blooms in summer. This is a hybrid between arctostaphylos uva ursi and arctostaphylos nummularia. Emerald carpet raspberry makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape but it is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers.

Hardiness zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b.