About
Convolvulus cneorum is a compact, evergreen shrub that typically grows to about 60 cm tall. It features slender, elongated leaves with a silvery hue. The plant produces funnel-shaped flowers that are white with a pink blush when in bud, reaching widths of up to 4 cm.
About the genus
Convolvulus comprises annuals, perennials, or shrubs that can grow upright or in a scrambling manner. The leaves may be simple or divided palmately, and the flowers are typically solitary or grouped, featuring an open funnel shape.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- Mediterranean
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in well-drained soil of low to moderate fertility, in a sheltered spot with full sun. Good for containers, using a gritty peat-free, loam-based compost, watering well in the growing season, but keeping drier in winter
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- honey fungus (rarely)