Cistus 'Snow Fire'
Common name:
Snow Fire Rockrose
Pronunciation:
SIS-tus
Family:
Cistaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Evergreen shrub, 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) high, similar spread, rounded form, reddish stems. Leaves opposite, simple, bright green, wavy-edged. Flowers white with burgundy-red blotch at the base of each petal, 6.5 cm wide.
- Sun, well-drained soil, can be pruned.
- Hardy to USDA Zone (7) 8 Derived from C. × dansereaui ‘Decumbens’ × ? × C. inflatus × C. populifolius subsp. major.
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