Cistus × cheiranthoides SYN: Halimium × pauanum

Common name(s): rockrose

Description: evergreen shrub; a naturally ocurring hybrid found only in Morocco. Upright, rounded growth with dense, gray-green foliage. Very floriferous and one of the longest-blooming yellow-flowered cistus known to cultivation. Considerably longer-lived in very lean soils with little to no supplemental irrigation. Parentage: C. halimifolius × C. lasianthus.

Height: to 3 ft. Spread: to 3 ft.

Position: full sun and lean, well-draining soil

Uses: ornamental-firescaping, landscaping

Winter Hardiness: to 5 F and below

Drought: adapted to 5 months of summer drought