Louis Edmunds manzanita brings the form and characteristics of a large manzanita tree in a compact form much more suited to smaller gardens and landscapes. This shrub grows to a height and spread of 6 to 8 foot  with an upright form and evergreen foliage. Attractive purple bark provides year-round beauty  supplemented by pink flowers in the spring. This manzanita has gray-green foliage that contrasts beautifully with the deep purple bark. This adaptable specimen plant is known to be garden tolerant  able to grow in heavy clay soils or serpentinite  and also tolerant of  loam or even decomposed granite. Adorned with pink flowers in Spring  it's a delight to the hummingbirds and a fabulous addition to any landscape. Horticultural selection A. bakeri: origin = north coast  selected by Louis Edmunds intro Saratoga Horticultural Foundation 1962.