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Cistus Creticus (Cretan Rockrose)

 

 

 

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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Persimmon Leaves

persimmon-leaves

During the Springtime the leaves grow and the bees pollinate the tree. This occurs when the temperature and the soil rises during the warmer months of Spring to produce the leaves. It was just a few months before the tree lay barren without any leaves. But in another six months in October and November the persimmon tree begins to dispense fruit.