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Cistaceae
Rock Rose Cistus
Cistus × purpureus
Resilience in adversity.
- Family
- Cistaceae
- Genus
- Cistus
- Native to
- Mediterranean region
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- Evergreen shrub
- Height
- 60-120 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Poor, rocky, well-drained
- Water
- Low
- Hardiness
- 7-10
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Each crinkled paper-like flower lasts only a single day but is replaced by new blooms for weeks.
- The leaves produce a sticky aromatic resin called labdanum, used in perfumery since ancient times.
- Cistus species are fire-adapted and their seeds actually germinate better after exposure to heat and smoke.
- The biblical 'rose of Sharon' is believed by some scholars to be a Cistus species.
- It thrives in the poorest, most degraded soils where few other ornamental shrubs will grow.
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