About
This evergreen shrub has a spreading habit and features grey-green, oval leaves. Its flowers, measuring approximately 2.5 cm in diameter, are light pink with a white center.
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, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Will grow well in poor soils but may become chlorotic with age on chalky soils. Needs a sheltered position in full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8 or pruning group 9. Does not respond to hard pruning
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus