Manzanitas of all types are common landscape ornamentals. But like many west coast native species, they tend not to do well or thrive outside of their native range.

I would be surprised to see any manzanitas other than kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) growing happily in the midwest, as that is one of only 3 species (out of 60) with a circumpolar distribution.

A. uva-ursi, which is one of my favorite botanical names, is a mystery. The UW-GB herbarium shows it's present in the county I live, but I've never seen it. I must be looking in all the wrong places.

This is likely what mine would look like if I should try Manzanita. ;(

I bought an Panchito Manzanita this year. I’m going to try it out. I do live in the Rocky Mountains but in Alberta so we do get colder. I’m giving it great snow cover though. We just got our first dump and it was a lot.

Plant Love, please let us know how it does for you. Do you ever have winters with minimal snow cover? It would be interesting to know how that might impact it. In any case, I hope it does well for you.