Lovely crinkly flowers
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This rock rose has lovely large crinkly pink flowers and the foliage looks attractive too.
Kate
North Yorkshire
Cistus × argenteus 'Silver Pink'
rock rose
2 litre pot
within 2 weeks
- Position: full sun
- Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June and July
- Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)
Cistus originate from dry, rocky parts of the Mediterranean and Canary Islands, and so are drought-tolerant and low maintanance. They produce masses of flowers in midsummer, but each lasts only one day. 'Silver Pink' is particularly free flowering, and forms a neat mound, with a profusion of delicate, papery, silvery-pink flowers, fading to almost white in the centre, during June and July. Try it at the front of a sunny, well-drained border or in large, patio container. - Garden care: After flowering, pinch back young plant to encourage a bushy habit. Lightly trim or cut back any stems that spoil the symmetry of the plant. It benefits from a liquid feed after flowering.
Goes well with
Good healthy plants
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I used 19 identical plants in a line to form a low informal flowering hedge that has a good show of pink in June and Sseptember
Doug W
London
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Clark, Andy (buying)
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Hello there, These are really troublesome pests, and there are no effective deterrents available (apart from getting a guard dog) which will be any help to you. They tend to prefer leaves and soft stems rather than flowers and woody stems, and they seem to prefer feeding in exposed positions and often nibble plants at the edge of borders. This habit can be used to the gardener's advantage by planting more valuable subjects in the centre of beds. In winter, when food is scarce, deciduous plants at the edge of beds will not interest rabbits, and will help protect winter flowers in the centre. Below is a list of flowering shrubs which they usually tend to leave alone. Buddleia davidii, Ceanothus Cistus Cotoneaster dammeri Deutzia Hebe Hypericum Hydrangea Mahonia aquifolium Potentilla fructicosa Rhododendron spp. I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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C Mul
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Hello Clare, The first thing I would strongly recommend is that you install an automatic watering system as plants on a sunny balcony will dry out very quickly. If watering is not going to be a problem, then can choose from any of the following Bergenia http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.bergenia/ Viburnum tinus http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/viburnum-tinus/classid.4482/ Cistus http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.cistus/ Lavandula http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.lavandula/ Brachyglottis http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/brachyglottis-dunedin-group-sunshine/classid.4376/ I hope this give you a few ideas. Helen Plant Doctor
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Carl and Deirdre Leaman
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Mrs C Taylor
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