Originating in the mediterranean, enjoys difficult dry sites. Compact, spreading shrub. Leaves are oblong and greyish green in colour, to about 5cm long. Flowers are rose-pink with yellow centres and are borne in summer in cymes of 3-6 flowers. Cistus x pulverulentus is a small plant growing to about 60cm tall and 90cm wide. It is also known as the "crazy forest flower of the bush".
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Yellow, Green, Pink
- Gardens
- Nature strip, Hardy