Cistus 'Christopher Gable'


Common name(s): rockrose


Description: evergreen shrub; raised by Robert G. Page and named for the ballet dancer and actor Christopher Gable.Vigorous, mounding growth with narrow, dense foliage. Blooms from spring into summer. It is especially floriferous and has the smallest (3.5 cm.) flowers of any of the blotched-white flowered cistus. Attractive, bronze-red sepals give the shrub an extra layer of attraction preceding and following the bloom period. Parentage: C. 'Ruby Cluster' × C. monspeliensis.


Height: to 5 ft. Spread: to 6 ft.


Position: full sun and lean, well-draining soil


Uses: ornamental


Winter Hardiness: to 5 F and below


Drought: adapted to 4 months of summer drought