There are so many cistus varieties available that it's easy to find the right one for adding color to your summer planting scheme. And as summers become warmer and we need to conserve water, these ...

This esteemed reference gives the common names rock rose and sun rose to both Helianthemum and Cistus. The name Helianthemum is from the Greek helios, the sun, and anthemon, a flower.

I value the several Pink Silk cistus (rock rose) plants in the hot, sunny parts of the garden. They are compact evergreen shrubs with soft, grey-green foliage and pale pink summer flowers.

He sells 75 varieties of roses, from Canadian-bred ones (Explorer, Parkland and Canadian Artist series), to a selection of hardy climbing and shrub roses, as well as Pavement roses and the Scots rose.