Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (2024)

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Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia

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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) is a beautiful perennial shrub native throughout the western part of California and the Sierra foothills. It is a prominent component of the coastal sage scrub plant community, and is a part of drought-adapted chaparral and mixed oak woodland habitats. It is also known by the common names Christmas berry and California Holly from the bright red berries it produces. The city of Hollywood was named for this plant.

It often grows to about 8 feet tall, but some spectacular specimens in the Los Padres National Forest are over 30 feet tall. Its leaves are evergreen, alternate, sharply toothed, and are 5 cm in length and 2 cm wide.

In early summer, it produces small white flowers 6mm diameter in dense bunches. The five petals are rounded. The fruit is small, bright red and berry-like, produced in large quantities, maturing in the fall and persisting well into winter. The flowers are visited by butterflies and other insects; they have a mild, hawthorn-like scent. The berries are consumed by birds, including mockingbirds, American robins, and cedar waxwings. Mammals including coyotes and bears also eat and disperse the berries.

Toyon berries are acidic and astringent, and contain a small amount of cyanogenic glycosides, which break down into hydrocyanic acid on digestion. This is removed by mild cooking. Raw berries are mealy, astringent and acidic, though are eaten fresh, or mashed into water to make a beverage by Native Americans.

Toyon are beautiful plants and easy to grow. If properly situated, they can grow very quickly, up to 10 feet in three years. They like sun or part shade, though they tend to do better in part shade in the southern, drier part of their geographic range. They can handle a wide variety of soils, including clay, sand and serpentine, but need more moisture than most chaparral shrubs. They do well near seasonal creeks, seeps, bottom of slopes, or near irrigated areas. These plants tolerate a fair amount of summer water, up to 1x per week if the drainage is good. They are an excellent hedge plant.

Plant Description

Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (1)

Plant Type

Shrub


Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (2)

Size

6 - 30 ft tall
10 - 15 ft wide


Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (3)

Form

Rounded


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Growth Rate

Fast, Moderate


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Dormancy

Evergreen


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Flower Color

White


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Flowering Season

Summer


Wildlife Supported

Bees are attracted to the flowers. Birds love the berries
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Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4 confirmed Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (12), 4 likely * ) SHOW ALL

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Pacific Azure Celastrina echoCelastrina echo

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Destructive Pruneworm Moth Acrobasis tricolorellaAcrobasis tricolorella

Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (17)

Western Avocado Leafroller Moth Amorbia cuneanaAmorbia cuneana

Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (19)

Holcocera iceryaeellaHolcocera iceryaeella

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Orange Tortrix Moth Argyrotaenia franciscanaArgyrotaenia franciscana

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Nemoria leptaleaNemoria leptalea

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Acronicta perditaAcronicta perdita


Landscaping Information

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Sun

Full Sun, Part Shade


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Moisture

Extremely Low, Very Low


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Summer Irrigation

Max 2x / month once established, Never irrigate once established


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Nurseries

Carried by 107


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Ease of Care

Very Easy


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Cold Tolerance

Tolerates cold to -5° F


Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (30)

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow


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Soil Description

Tolerant of a variety of soils. Tolerates Serpentine Soil. Soil PH: 5.0 - 8.0


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Common uses

Bank Stabilization, Hedges, Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens


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Companion Plants

Lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos species), Ceanothus species, Milkweed (Asclepias species), Giant Wild Rye (Elymus condensatus), Sand Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia), Sagebrush (Artemisia californica), Monkeyflower (Mimulus species), Encelia californica, Buckwheat (Eriogonum species), Heartleaf Keckiella (Keckiella cordifolia), Penstemon species, Salvia species, Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)


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Maintenance

Susceptible to fireblight. If it becomes leggy, you can cut it to the ground and it will regrow from the base.


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Propagation?

For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds need no treatment; stored seed 3 mos. stratification.


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Sunset Zones?

5, 7*, 8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*


Natural Setting

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Site Type

Toyon is a common plant in chaparral and is found along creeksides, bottoms of slopes, north-facing slopes, and canyons.


Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (38)

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 7.0" - 128.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.13" - 3.90", Coldest Month: 33.5" - 57.4", Hottest Month: 53.5" - 80.4", Humidity: 0.22" - 27.39", Elevation: 0" - 7419"


Alternative Names

Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (39)

Common Names: California Holly, Christmas Berry



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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:Jepson eFlora Taxon PageCalPhotosWikipediaCalflora



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