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Cistus salvifolius 'Snowmound'
Sageleaf Rock Rose
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Uses: Ornamental plant with well displayed flowers. Specimen plant or low barrier or wind-break for verges, nature strips or roundabouts. Mass plant as an effective ground cover.
Requires well-drained soils.
Profuse flowering, bird and insect attracting.

  • Height 0.3-0.5m
  • Spread 0.3-0.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Cistaceae
  • Botanical Name Cistus salvifolius 'Snowmound'
  • Common Name Sageleaf Rock Rose
  • Origin Mediterranean
  • Habit Spreading, Dense, Rounded
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, Footslopes
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Spring
  • Flower Type Open-petalled
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)