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    Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink'

    Also Known As

    • Silver Pink Rockrose

    Plant type

    shrub

    size

    • H: 2'-3'
    • W: 4'-5'

    planting zones

    • 7a-10b

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    Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink' plant details

    Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink' is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with blue and green foliage. In spring and summer pink flowers emerge. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and occasional - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in summer. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in alkaline, average, clay, gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, seaside / salt tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink'

    Plant type: shrub
    Plant family: cistaceae
    Foliage: evergreen blue and green
    Mature size: 4 FT - 5 FT - wide, 2 FT - 3 FT - tall
    Flowers: pink blooms in spring and summer
    Uses: easy-to-grow, floriferous, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink'

    USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
    Sun exposure: sun
    Watering frequency: occasional - low
    Resistant to: deer and snail / slug, heat, seaside / salt and verticillium wilt
    Soil needs: alkaline, average, clay, gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Perhaps our favorite rockrose for its all around usefulness. To 4 ft tall and attractive in and out of flower. Grey leaves set off the soft pink flowers in late spring. It??s a real Sarah Hammond plant. Full sun and lean soil. Cold hardy to USDA zone 8.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    These lovely, drought tolerant, evergreen shrubs are somewhat underused in gardens. They offer attractive foliage and lots of large, beautiful flowers resembling a single rose in shades of pink or white. The petals are like crepe paper, thin and crinkled. This cultivar has pale pink flowers.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    Parented by Cistus laurifolius and Cistus canescens, this compact, mounding Cistus delivers a wild, undomesticated presence to the landscape. A lavish display of silvery pink flowers dressed in tissue-paper delicacy shimmer against green, lance-shaped leaves with gray undersides and undulating margins. Showy gilded stamens upstage the cheerful, white-centered petals. Plant 'Silver Pink' amid Nepeta 'Snowflake' and fellow Mediterranean Euphorbia myrsinites for an engaging collage of foliar colors, flowers and textures.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    A small to medium, evergreen shrub. Small, silvery, sage green, lance shaped leaves are held in pairs on thin wiry branches. In late spring it smothers in small, satiny, baby pink, saucer shaped flowers. Prune regularly to keep dense and encourage flower production. All Cistus's are extremely tough plants.

    By: Zephs

    Flowers of clear salmon-pink blended with silver white grace this small (1-2' x 2'), drought-tolerant-tough shrublet. Sun/Med-Dry/GDr

    By: Forestfarm

    Flowers are cupped apricot-pink, very floriferous. Blooms in spring/early summer. Evergreen shrub. Drought tolerant.

    By: Briggs Plant Propagators

    Gardening facts about Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink' plant

    How to Grow Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink'

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun

    • Water Needs

      • occasional - drought tolerant

    • Water Needs

      • dry in summer

    • Soil Needs

      • clay
      • alkaline
      • adaptable
      • average
      • lean
      • well-drained
      • rocky
      • gritty

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant
      • seaside / salt tolerant
      • verticillium wilt resistant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green
      • blue

    • Flower Color

      • pink

    • Wildlife

      • bees
      • butterflies
      • deer resistant
      • snail / slug resistant

    • Flower Season

      • summer
      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen

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