Search Our Plant Database

Search Options

1. Click below to search for Genus by letter

2. Search by Genus (type complete genus or first few letters below)

3. Do a custom search by plant features (select any or all)

Plant Type: Family
Geographic Origin:
Flowering Season: Flower Color:
Horticultural Use(s):
Preferred Exposure: Soil Requirements/Tolerances:
Preferred Irrigation:
Estimated Hardiness:

Cistus x cyprius 'Troubadour'

Common Name:
Rockrose
Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Cistaceae (The Rockrose Family)
Geographic Origin:
Mediterranean Region
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
4 feet high
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Spring and summer

Flower Color:
White
Exposure:
Full sun
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Occasional to little watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 15 degrees F. or less

Dark green narrow resinous leaves are sweetly aromatic on this rounded shrub; white spring flowers are 3 inches across, with a red spot on the base of each petal.