General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
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| Plant Height: |
4-5 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
4-5 feet |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
Fragrant
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| Fruit: |
Dehiscent
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
White
Other: white petals with a bold red spot at the base
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
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| Suitable Locations: |
Beach Front
Xeriscapic
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| Uses: |
Provides winter interest
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Butterflies
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
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| Miscellaneous: |
Tolerates poor soil
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- Crimson Spot Rockrose
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- Labdanum
Posted by
JRsbugs (Near Lincoln UK) on Dec 17, 2011 9:46 AM concerning plant:
This was one of my favourite shrubs. I had it in an exposed location where there was very little top soil over sandstone, and a nearby oak tree kept the ground quite dry. It grew well for around 10 years and got to be a medium-sized shrub around 4 feet tall. It doesn't flower for a long time but the flowers and leaves are so attractive that it doesn't matter. It becomes full of flowers, making a spectacular shrub. On a sunny day with a breeze, the scent fills the air if you happen to be downwind.
The flowers resemble crumpled tissue paper, and the blotches around the centre are spectacular. Honey bees were always attracted to the ample pollen the flowers produced. I speak in past tense as the main shrub died, but it had made another two by rooting from branches laid on the ground. These were promising, but one died after winter 2009/10 and the other died after the even harder winter 2010/11 in the UK with 7 weeks below freezing and temperatures down to -17C.
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