About
Cistus calycinus is a low-growing, bushy shrub that spreads widely. It features dark green foliage and produces bowl-shaped, bright yellow flowers during the summer and autumn months.
About the genus
Cistus consists of evergreen shrubs featuring simple, opposite leaves. They produce bowl-shaped flowers with five petals that can be white, pink, or purplish. Each flower lasts for just one day, blooming over an extended summer period.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy, Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Gravel garden, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- SW Europe, N Africa
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Plant in well-drained, sandy soil in full sun, though it will tolerate most soil types
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9
- Propagation
- Semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free