White Rockrose

White Rockrose

1 Gallon
$16.90
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White Rockrose

Cistus corbariensis

A tough, spreading evergreen blanketed in cheerful white flowers, perfect as a low-maintenance groundcover for hot, dry sites.

$16.90
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Description

White Rockrose is a classic, dependable workhorse for the dry garden, valued for its profuse and cheerful display of clear white flowers. Throughout late spring and early summer, it covers itself in a blanket of simple, five-petaled blooms with cheerful yellow centers, each lasting a day but quickly replaced by new ones. Its dense, spreading mound of crinkled, gray-green foliage provides year-round texture and is exceptionally tough, thriving where other plants fail. It's an ideal, no-fuss groundcover or filler for sunny, well-drained areas.

  • Abundant Clear White Blooms: Produces a prolific and long-lasting display of pristine white, yellow-centered flowers that nearly obscure the foliage at peak bloom.

  • Low, Spreading Habit: Forms a broad, dense, and mounding shrub, typically 2-3 feet tall but spreading 4-6 feet wide, excellent for covering large areas.

  • Attractive Textured Foliage: Features small, wrinkled, gray-green leaves that are highly aromatic and provide excellent visual and textural interest year-round.

  • Extremely Tough & Adaptable: One of the hardiest rockroses, tolerating drought, severe heat, poor soil, salt spray, and freezing temperatures once established.

  • Superb Groundcover & Erosion Control: Perfect for mass planting on dry, sunny slopes, in rock gardens, or as a low, informal hedge that requires no watering.

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  • Mature height: 2-3 ft.
  • Mature spread: 4-6 ft.
  • Light: Full sun

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  • Features:Foliage: Wavy-edged, broadly lance-shaped, wrinkled, dark green to gray-green leaves that are densely arranged and slightly sticky.Flowers: Abundant, simple, papery, white flowers, 2-3 inches across, with five petals and a central cluster of bright yellow stamens. Blooms profusely in late spring to early summer.Habit: A dense, rounded, evergreen shrub with a mounding to spreading growth habit.
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Key Advantages:Extremely drought and heat tolerant once established.Thrives in poor, rocky, and sandy soils.Deer resistant.Profuse, showy spring bloom.Very low maintenance
  • Landscape Uses:Water-wise and Mediterranean gardens.Rock gardens and slopes. Coastal gardens.Erosion control on dry banks

Faqs

Q: How do I use it for erosion control on a slope?
A: Plant multiple shrubs 3-4 feet apart, center to center, across the slope. Their dense, mat-forming root systems will quickly knit together to hold the soil, while the foliage protects the surface from rain impact.

Q: Does it need any special care?
A: Almost none. The key is perfect drainage and full sun. Avoid overwatering and fertilizing, as this can shorten its life. Prune lightly after flowering only to keep it tidy if desired.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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