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Plant Characteristics Family Name Ericaceae Species Name Xylococcus bicolor Common Name Mission Manzanita Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

In the late summer and fall it produces attractive (but not edible) berries that turn from red to purple to black

Cold Hardy to Less than 15 degrees F Distribution Throughout the California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley)

Theodore Payne in His Own Words poster the Guide will be an"Be a good Californian; be loyal to your own state and keep your landscape Californian, by planting the trees, shrubs, and flowers of California." Theodore Payne This young Englishman, arriving in southern California in 1893 soon began his life's work; the seed and nursery business. Seeing that California's rich native flora was quickly disappearing, he was determined to stir a greater interest in the wild flowers. Payne grew colorful flower