A rock rose is a Plant that many of you may have in your garden. The rock roses Helianthemum are from the genus cistus. There are about 17 of this species from the wild rockrose Helianthemum nummularium to the many cultivated plants we see in our gardens and parks. Rockroses are small to medium sized shrubs. As you can detect from the name these plants like a rock soil to grow on and are a useful plant in the rock garden. We have a couple growing on ours they like a well drained soil. They like the chalk soil I live on and do like to be watered occasionally
The rock rose is really a native from the Mediterranean area and it likes a sunny position. This plant is not common in Cornwall or in west Scotland but grows well in other parts of the country .Although the name is rock rose this plant is not a rose but the flowers are rose like. Like the single simple roses. Rockrose flowers are white, pink or a rosy purple colour some have yellow or dark blotches on the flower. . The flowers are bright and radiant. They have 5 petals. The rock rose flowers a long time from spring to midsummer then they often have a second flowering in late summer. This shrub is a twiggy shrub it is an evergreen perennial. The rockrose will grow to just over a meter tall and a meter wide. The rockrose is very easy to look after and will last many years. The rock rose is frost hardy.
Now let me talk mostly about the rockrose Helianthemum nummularium. This is a wild plant grows only to about 12 inches. The colours are yellow. One has bright yellow petals and an orange colouring at the base of each petal which makes it look pretty. There is a rose coloured one too. . This plant can cover about 18 inches of a rockery, its good to have a couple of these plants to get a really good show. The roots of this plant go a long way down to search moisture. If after the first late spring/summer flowering that you prune/shear this plant it will look good flowering again late summer.
This rockrose is a good wildlife plant the bees love to suck nectar from them and a couple of butterflies use it as a food plant. Yes you guessed with a manic butterfly nut as a hubby this is why we grow it .The Brown Argos caterpillar munches on Rockrose leaves as does the Green hairstreak and the silver studded blue. So if your garden is in the locality of these butterflies then they might use your rockrose to lay their eggs. I like this rockrose as it makes a really good ground cover on the rockery, has pretty flowers and is good for our wildlife. With so much of our countryside being destroyed it is important we do our bit and grow plants which wildlife likes.
This rockrose and the other rockroses are easy to buy in garden centres off and on line. Easy to plant and look after. I found some for sale at. Helianthemum 5 plants for ten pounds. http://www.wildflowersuk.com/buyit.asp?headingID=1075 has 10 plug plants for £10 It is possible to grow rock rose from seed at http://www.grovelands.com/acatalog/helianthemum_seeds_uk_flower_seed_thomps on_and_morgan.html a pkt of a rockrose mix costs £1`.99 Best to sow these July to October time. Once you have a rockrose you could propagate it yourself from a cutting. If you know someone with a plant they may let you have a cutting.
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Position: full sunSoil: moderately-fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: average ... more
Flowering period: June and JulyHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)Cistus originate from dry, rocky parts of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands, and so are drought-tolerant and low maintanance. They produce masses of flowers in midsummer, but each lasts only one day. In June and July,'Alan Fradd' produces large, crumpled, white flowers splashed with maroon at the base of each petal, set against dark green, lance-shaped leaves. Try this rounded, sun-loving, evergreen rock rose towards the front of a sheltered, sunny, well-drained border, or in a container. It will tolerate chalky soil and salty air.Garden care: After flowering, pinch back young plant to encourage a bushy habit. Lightly trim or cut back any stems that spoil the symmetry of the plant. This plant should never be pruned hard.
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Flowering period: June and JulyHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)Cistus originate from dry, rocky parts of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands, and so are drought-tolerant and low maintanance. They produce masses of flowers in midsummer, but each lasts only one day. In June and July, Cistus x purpureus produces crumpled, dark-pink flowers splashed with maroon at the base of each petal. Try this rounded, sun-loving, evergreen rock rose towards the front of a sheltered, sunny, well-drained border, or in a container. It will tolerate chalky soil and salty air.Garden care: After flowering,pinch back young plant to encourage a bushy habit. Lightly trim or cut back any stems that spoil the symmetry of the plant. This plant should never be pruned hard.
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Flowering period: June and July Flower colour: pale pinkOther features: wavy-margined, mid-green leavesHardiness: frost hardyA profusion of papery, pale pink flowers fading to white towards the centre during June and July and wavy-margined, grey-green leaves. This graceful, low-growing rock rose provides excellent, all-year groundcover for sheltered, sunny areas of the garden. Why not grow it at the front of the border with other sun-loving Mediterranean plants, where the detail of the flowers can be appreciated close-up?Garden care: After flowering pinch back young plant to encourage a bushy habit. Lightly trim or cut back any stems that spoil the symmetry of the plant.
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averageFlowering period: April to JulyFlower colour: white with a yellow eyeHardiness: fully hardyThe big, papery, white flowers, which appear from late spring, are flushed with yellow at their centre and look great against the grey-green foliage of this tough little evergreen shrub. Once established it becomes drought tolerant and it thrives in hot, sunny spots where little else will grow. It also copes well with salt laden wind so is a good choice for coastal gardens. In more favourable conditions, it is a very pretty, low-growing shrub, that works well as edging or filling a beautiful pot on the terrace.Garden Care: Prune in mid to late summer after flowering, cutting back any straggly stems.
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Flowering period: June and JulyHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)Cistus originate from dry, rocky parts of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands, and so are drought-tolerant and low maintanance. They produce masses of flowers in midsummer, but each lasts only one day.'Grayswood Pink' is particularly free flowering, and forms a neat mound, with a profusion of delicate, papery, silvery-pink flowers, fading to almost white in the centre, during June and July. Try it at the front of a sunny, well-drained border or in large, patio container.Garden care: After flowering, pinch back young plant to encourage a bushy habit. Lightly trim or cut back any stems that spoil the symmetry of the plant. It benefits from a liquid feed after flowering.
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Innumerable tiny flowers. A gem for rockeries and dry walls. Colourful rose-like blooms. ... more
Average Packet Content 300 seeds Features - HP - Hardy perennial, Height - 15cm (6"), So many flowers that look good in the rockery. Sow March-June under glass for flowers May-July the following year.
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