Scientific name: Cistus x hybridus

Common name: white rockrose

Family name: Cistaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 2-4feet tall and 4-5feet wide

Form: mounding

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: opposite. simple

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: poppy looking flowers; white and crumpled looking. Lots of flowers.

Limitations: doesn’t like pruning.

Suitable uses: Very tough; good along roads.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub.  Mediterranean. Opposite. Simple. Entire margins; very undulating margins (Wavy and ruffled looking). Rough leaf texture. Hairy stems and leaves.