This hybrid shrub forms a compact rounded habit with grey-green lanced-shaped leaves. The saucer-shaped pale pink flowers appear from spring to summer in clusters at the end of the branches. This is an excellent shrub for a drier garden.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Cistus x skanbergii is naturally found in Greece and Sicily growing in poor to moderately fertile very well drained stony to rocky soil types in protected sunny positions and is drought tolerant but frost tender.

Rock Rose is grown for its flowers and is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or along borders. It is suitable for drier gardens on the coast and inland and establishes in 2 to 3 years. Once established it requires little care and is an excellent flowering shrub for a small garden. ID 1449

The plant is a natural hybrid resulting from Cistus monspeliensis x Cistus parviflorus.

Cistus (SIS-tus) x skanbergii (skăn-BERG-ee-eye)

Cistaceae (kris-TAY-see-ee)