Latin name: Cistus
Description: Evergreen shrubs, native to the Mediterranean region that will lighten up any summer garden with their gloriously vibrant flowers and occasionally aromatic foliage. They can be fairly small plants to quite large ones, so there will always be one that fits your garden style. The leaves are oval to lance-shaped from 2.5 to 10cm long. The very showy saucer-shaped, papery flowers are bourn from early to mid-summer, each flower only lasting a day.
Hardiness: Mostly hardy
Height: 60 x 60cm
Position: Full sun
Soil: Very well drained garden soil
Water: Very drought tolerant once established
Usage: Good for covering hot sunny banks where they look stunning in full bloom
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Debbie - who has written 872 posts on My Climate Change Garden.
I am not an experienced gardener - more of an enthusiastic amateur who learns by trial and error and who is keen to "manage" the effects of shifting weather patterns on my garden.
Writing this blog is my passion and it has evolved over 12 years to inspire engagement with climate change outside our back doors, in our personal gardens and green spaces.
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Fri, Mar 30, 2012
Gardening with Mediterranean Plants