This Mediterranean evergreen shrub flowers profusely in spring, with bright pink corollas and golden yellow stamens. Its fragile flowers live only one day but are continually renewed. Its woolly foliage is grey-green and slightly aromatic. Resistant to drought and salty winds, it is suited to dry, poor slopes in full sun.
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Characteristics of Cistus creticus:
Cistus creticus is an evergreen Mediterranean shrub, prized for its small, bright pink flowers with yellow centres. It will form a ball measuring 1m x 1m. Its foliage is green-grey.
How should Cistus creticus be used?
This undemanding evergreen shrub is easy to grow in country or Mediterranean beds, rock gardens or gravel gardens. Perfect for embankments or beds.
What advice do you have for growing Cistus creticus successfully?
It is planted in sunny locations. It prefers well-drained, stony or sandy soil, even if it is poor and chalky, and does not tolerate excess moisture at its roots in winter. It should be mulched in winter and protected from the cold as much as possible. It does well with a little pruning after flowering.
