Five Year Native Tree Challenge: Harewood Hobbyist's Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

[Harewood Hobbyist]

Although kinnikinic is native in my area, these are cultivars from the garden centre that seem to contain genetic material from more than 200 miles away.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I.. AM... EXCITED!!

I love these trees!!!!!!!!!

 

[Firstflush]

Best of luck to you. My experience is that they hate having their roots messed with.

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

Best of luck to you. My experience is that they hate having their roots messed with.

I heard this about wild collecting kinnikinic and manzanita. I used to work in a nursery where we collected wild seed and germinated it. These went through several repottings before being sold and seemed fine. I'm hoping that because this is a nursery plant it is more tolerant.

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

I.. AM... EXCITED!!

I love these trees!!!!!!!!!

Right? A couple snips and it looks like a bonsai...

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

I got invasively curious and discovered that the kinnickinnick that was replanted in the early spring has put out a tonne of small roots.

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

Not dead yet

 

[Harewood Hobbyist]

Being not dead is notable because it is very hot here and I am sun roasting the kinnickinnick next to my cacti. I am watering the heck out of it tho.