Pacific Madrone
Arbutus menziesii
Spectacular evergreen with peeling cinnamon-red bark, urn-shaped white flowers, and orange-red berries for birds. Gorgeous but exacting: demands fast drainage and no summer water.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–65 ft
- Spacing
- 10–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA