Botanical Name: Cistus corbariensis (Cistus x hybridus)
Common Name: White rockrose
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a low, wide spreading, mounding plant, with wiry, slender stems, forming a loose canopy if unpruned
Height 2-5'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun; avoid shade; thrives in hot, dry areas
Soil tolerates most, including alkaline; avoid wet clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-9, 12-15, 18-24); best at low elevations
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, ovate-elliptic, gray-green, leathery, rough (crinkly); margins somewhat crenate
Flowers white, 1-1/2" across, very showy, solitary; has 5 white spreading petals and numerous golden yellow stamens bunched in the center
Fruit a papery capsule
 
Propagation:
softwood or semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an excellent filler for dry sunny locations; valued for its durability and profuse flower display; massed plantings, erosion control on slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; plant is very drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing little is needed
Pruning head back after blooming period for fuller compact form
Pests/Diseases root rot in poorly drained soils
Special Conditions/Other one of the best shrubs for slope planting
 
Origin: Southern Europe
Family: Cistaceae

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