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Cistus palmensis

Cistus palmensis is a shrub from the Canary Island of La Palma, grown for its showy pink flowers and aromatic, silvery foliage. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and dislikes waterlogging.

Family
Cistaceae (Cist family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, poor to moderately fertile soil or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; frost-tender, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Canary Is. (La Palma)
Climate
subtropical

About

Cistus palmensis is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. It is endemic to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.

Other Cistus plants

Grey Leaved Cistus · Cistus asper · Cistus chinamadensis · Cistus clusii · Hoary rock-rose · Curly Rockrose · Cistus grancanariae · Cistus heterophyllus · Cistus horrens · Cistus inflatus · Common gum cistus · Laurel Leaved Cistus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cistus palmensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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