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

Plant Size:
3 feet high and wide
Landscape/Garden Uses:
banks
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 10 degrees F. or less

Masses of 2 inch pure white flowers cover the dark green leaves of this rockrose in spring. This hybrid of Cistus salviifolius and C. inflatus is more hardy than some selections of rockrose and forms a neat mound 3 feet high and wide. Sun, well drained soil, occasional to little watering.