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 | Arctostaphylos 'White Lanterns' is a small, compact manzanita that forms a rounded shrub.  The literature indicates that it originated at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.  Flowers buds are set in the autumn and open in clusters of down-hanging bell-shaped flowers during the winter.  These white flowers must have given rise to the shrub's name.  The evergreen foliage measures up to an inch in length by about a half-inch in width.  New leaves are blushed pink and somewhat glossy.  Young stems are also rosy in color. 
 January to March.  3-4 ft.  x 3-4 ft.
 
 White flowers
 
 Sun     Zones 7, 8, 9
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