Plant of the Month: May 2012
0Purple 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.
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