HETEROMELES arbutifolia. California toyon. A prominent member of the California chaparral, toyon is a large shrub or small tree, rounded and densely foliaged in better specimens. It has sturdy, spreading branches and large narrowly oval, serrated leaves. Its broad clusters of cream-colored flowers are presented in late spring and develop by late fall into even broader clusters of brilliant orange to red berries. ‘Davis Gold’ is a cultivar with exceptionally bright, narrow leaves and bright orange berries. I have been collecting berries for many years from outstanding individual plants in Napa and Lake Counties. Now we are beginning to propagate some of the best of their progeny by cuttings. Sun, well drained soil, little or no watering when established. Hardy to 10oF. or less.