A tidy, compact, sun and heat-loving shrub with showy rose-purple blooms with maroon spots. Tolerates drought, poor soil, even some neglect! Terrific as a rock garden accent, for mass plantings, or for use as an informal divider. Evergreen. LIGHT: Full sun. WATER: Once established water during dry spells.

One of the showiest Rock Roses, Cistus purpureus (Purple-Flowered Rock Rose) is a small, bushy evergreen shrub with large, yellow-centered, purplish-pink flowers, 3 in. across (8 cm), adorned with plum-red blotches at the base of their petals.

2023年12月10日 · Rockrose (Cistus) is a genus of flowering, fast-growing evergreen shrubs characterized by dense green foliage, delicate, papery flowers, and aromatic leaves. These shrubs are hardy, drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and withstand extreme heat.

Cistus x purpureus (Orchid Rockrose) - A tough evergreen shrub that forms a 4- to 6-foot-tall mound that is usually slightly wider than tall - plants near beach tend to be shorter and even wider. It has narrow wavy-edged leaves up to 2" long that are dark green above and grey green below with a nice resinous scent.

A small, bushy evergreen shrub with narrow, dull green leaves. Flowers to 8cm in width have purplish-pink flowers with a large, deep red blotch at the base and appear in summer. Join the RHS today and save 25% All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets.

Evergreen shrub, 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m) high and wide, rounded. Leaves opposite, simple, nearly sessile (without a stalk), oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 cm long, dull gray green above, lighter and pubescent below. Flowers are 6-8 cm wide, usually 3 per cluster, pink with a dark red spot at the base of each petal (5), stamens bright yellow.

Cistus purpureus [SIS-tus, pur-PUR-ee-us] are perennial evergreen shrubs hailing from the Mediterranean, Lebanon, Portugal, and southern Europe. These plants belong to the family Cistaceae. You may also hear them referred to as Purple Flowered Rock Rose, Orchid Spot Rock Rose, or as Betty Taudevin.

Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose. [1] It is a small and bushy subshrub that grows 120cm to 180cm high and …

Orchid Rockrose is growing next to Crimson Spot Rockrose which is quite a bit smaller and a bit later with its bloom. It is about five feet tall by seven feet wide. Perhaps the most beautiful of all rockroses, Orchid Rockrose spills gracefully down and out.

Cistus purpureus, the Orchid Rockrose is large in every way: flowers, height, width. The rich pink flowers (3" or more) are beautifully marked with a purple-red eye at the base of each petal. This is set of nicely by the dense cluster of stamens in the center.