Cistus × aguilarii 'Maculatus' ☼ Full sun ℃ Frost tender -5 ★ Award ✿Evergreen
By Paulspond
24 Nov, 2012
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Preferred common namespotted white rockrose
FamilyCistaceae Scented
Cistus are evergreen shrubs with simple, opposite leaves and 5-petalled, bowl-shaped, white, pink or purplish flowers, each lasting a single day, over a long period in summer
'Maculatus' is a small bushy evergreen shrub with sticky, narrowly ovate, wavy-edged leaves, and white flowers 10cm across, with large maroon blotch at base of each petal
Suppliers
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Awards
Award of Garden Merit
How to growSunlight
Full sun Aspect
South-facing or East-facing
Sheltered
Cultivation
Will grow well in poor soils but may become chlorotic with age on chalky soils. Needs a sheltered position in full sun
Soil
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Sand, Clay, Chalk or Loam
Propagation
Propagate by softwood cuttings
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Banks and Slopes, City/Courtyard Gardens, Coastal, Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds, Rock Garden or Wall-side Borders
How to carePruning
Pruning group 8 or pruning group 9. Does not respond to hard pruning
Pests
Generally pest free
Diseases
Generally disease free
CharacteristicsPlant type
Shrub
Habit
Bushy
ResilienceHardiness
H3 (may need winter protection)
ColourFlower
White and Dark Red in Summer
Foliage
Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
SizeUltimate height
0.5-1 metres
Ultimate spread
0.5-1 metres
Time to ultimate height
5-10 years
Comments on this photo
Thanks Motinot - been move three times too - really love this plant - lovely smell and slightly sticky leaves
24 Nov, 2012
What a beautiful healthy looking plant with a lovely flower.
24 Nov, 2012
Hi Karen - thank you :-))
24 Nov, 2012
That is very nice and a good long flowering season :o)
24 Nov, 2012
It is nearly December and here you are with plants still in flower.
24 Nov, 2012
Its gorgeous Paul
24 Nov, 2012
Thanks Amy, Linda and Sixpence :))))- This is such a strong plant - really do love this one :))
25 Nov, 2012
That's a pretty one :o)
25 Nov, 2012
Stop putting more ideas into my head ,Paul! Lol. Good value plant ..:o)
25 Nov, 2012
Thanks terra and Bloomer ;))))
25 Nov, 2012
I also like these. I have this colour one aswell :o)
but mine have stopped flowering ...
25 Nov, 2012
Hi Hywel - mine only has the one , been a very good plant
25 Nov, 2012
And it 's very special:-OO))
26 Nov, 2012
Thanks Junna :))
26 Nov, 2012
Hi Homebird - it is the leaves on this that smell - especially when wet :))
28 Nov, 2012
A dry day at last HB - and sunny - heaven !!!:D
28 Nov, 2012
i may have to get one of those Paul, looks nice mate.
11 Dec, 2012
it is still flowering - even in the frosts !!!
11 Dec, 2012
sounds a real value plant :-)
11 Dec, 2012
certainly is mate - smells lovely too
12 Dec, 2012
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Wow, how lovely is that Paul...:>)
24 Nov, 2012