[laspilitas.com] Cultivation Information: Whiteleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos viscida, grows from Kern County north to about the Oregon Border. It is not very garden tolerant but easily grown in native gardens. In the Sierra Nevada it is a common chaparral component. The gray foliage and red bark make a showy planting amongst boulders with a mulch layer. The leaf blade on subspecies viscida is glabrous and smooth. Excellent combined with oaks or pines. Commonly found on red clay and decomposed granite, but also lives on serpentine. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)