Rock Rose

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 ...