Cistus salviifolius - Sageleaf Rockrose — Small white blooms, big personality.

Delicate white flowers with golden hearts spill across a low, mounding shrub that thrives on sunshine and stingy soils. The result? A year-round groundcover that’s effortlessly refined.

Plant Details:

• Water Needs: Low; occasional deep watering

• Sun Needs: Full sun

• Soil Requirements: Well-drained, lean soils

• Growing Zone: USDA Zones 8–10

• Cold Hardiness: To ~15°F

• Mature Size: 2–3 ft tall × 3–5 ft wide

• Native Origin: Mediterranean Basin

• Best Substitutes For: Convolvulus cneorum, Arctostaphylos ‘Pacific Mist’

• Landscape Uses: Groundcover, slopes, coastal and waterwise landscapes