Plant Database
Sentinel Manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel’
Sentinel Manzanita is a striking, upright evergreen shrub selected for its exceptional form and profuse winter blooms. A garden-worthy cultivar of the rare Vine Hill Manzanita, it features a stout trunk with smooth, peeling, reddish-brown bark and a rounded crown of gray-green foliage . In late winter and early spring, it produces an abundance of small, pale pink to rose-pink, urn-shaped flowers that are highly attractive to hummingbirds and beneficial insects . This California native is prized for its fast growth, adaptability to a range of soil types (including clay and sand), and exceptional drought tolerance once established .