Genus: Cistus

Cistus is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial shrubs with colourful flowers.

Members growing plants in this genus

  • peter

    Peter

    joined 31 Jan, 2007

    30 plants

  • spritzhenry

    Spritzhenry

    joined 17 Jun, 2007

    483 plants

  • AndreaRichter

    Andrearichter

    joined 15 Nov, 2007

    71 plants

  • RachelScott_Renouf

    Rachelscott..

    joined 3 Feb, 2008

    35 plants

  • Sid

    Sid

    joined 29 Feb, 2008

    58 plants

  • Xela

    Xela

    joined 1 Mar, 2008

    218 plants

  • Sarah65

    Sarah65

    joined 15 Apr, 2008

    150 plants

  • AndrewR

    Andrewr

    joined 7 Aug, 2007

    478 plants

Comments:

magnoliatree

Magnoliatree

24 Jun, 2008

 

Beautiful, Sarah65! Both of mine have been so sporadic - too much wet. Maybe Summer will come sometime to Norfolk.

On photo - cistus

Sid

Sid

16 Jun, 2008

 

Ah! Many thanks, Bonkers. I've Googled it and that looks to be what it is!

bonkersbon

Bonkersbon

16 Jun, 2008

 

Hi Sid looks like C. pulverulentus .

Sid

Sid

9 Jun, 2008

 

A favourite of mine :-)

On photo - Cistus x purpureus.

MikeC

Mikec

31 May, 2008

 

I like this very much and i see that it's just loaded with buds.

On photo - Cistus x skanbergii

flcrazy

Flcrazy

26 May, 2008

 

Very cool looking flowers, I will have to look into getting me one of these.

Chrispook

Chrispook

25 May, 2008

 

Its lovely.

spritzhenry

Spritzhenry

24 May, 2008

 

The first year I had it - I thought the Nursery had made a mistake and sold me another pink one! What a relief when the first flower opened...

MikeC

Mikec

24 May, 2008

 

Love the pinkish/redish buds on this.

flcrazy

Flcrazy

11 May, 2008

 

What a lovely bloom.! The star in the center is gorgeous.!