Cistus creticus Category- Vine with Tendrils Coast tolerant but not especially

Coast tolerant but not especially salt tolerant

Sky blue flowers with dark purple throats and yellow eyes from summer to fall

aromatic leaves and tall lavender tinged white flower stalks that rise 24" or more above the foliage

draining soil

Produces useful and edible rose hips

Cistus creticus Category- Vine with Tendrils Coast tolerant but not especiallyPink Rock Rose, Cretan Rockrose: Bushy and vigorous, easy to grow hardy evergreen shrub with wavy edged grey green leaves. To 3' tall and wide with 2" diameter deep pink flowers from late spring to summer. A naturally occuring species that looks similar to Cistus x incanus. Appreciated by butterflies and pollinators. Leaves are used for herbal remedies and makes good tea. Full sun. Low to medium water. Seacoast, wind, clay, sand, heat and drought