Cistus Creticus (Cretan Rockrose) at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens

 

 Cistus Creticus (Cretan Rockrose) is a Mediterranean flower

 

Purple-pink to rose pink flowers with orange stamens (pollen bearing organ of flower)

 

 

 

Each flower lasts a day

 

 

Visited by bees and butterflies

 

 

Drought and salt tolerant, and deer resistant

 

 

2’ – 5’ (60cm – 150 cm) height and 2’ – 3’ (60cm – 90cm) spread

 

 

https://www.sfbg.org/

 

 

 

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