Plant of the Month: May 2012

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Purple Rock Rose Blossoms

Purple Rock Rose Blossoms

Purple Rock Rose

Cistus purpureus

 

  • Plant Form: Evergreen Shrub
  • Water Use: Low
  • Mature Size: 3’ tall & 6’ wide
  • Exposure: Full Sun
  • Bloom Time: April – June
  • Native to: Mediterranean
  • Hardiness: Cold Hardy to 15° F

 

Rock Roses are sun-loving, fast-growing evergreen shrubs with furry gray-green leaves and showy pink, purple, lavender, or white flowers. Purple rock rose is a compact shrub that thrives in poor, well-draining, dry soils, and full sun. Although each papery flower lasts only one day, these bushes produce a seemingly endless succession of flowers from spring through early summer.