Cistus x laxus Aiton

Key facts

Parentage : C. populifolius x C. inflatus
Flower colour : white
Flower diameter : 6cm
Height & Spread : variable up to 2m
Habit : rounded or mounded

Notes : hardy, can be pruned

Variants : var. subhirsutus has characters in which the C. inflatus parent is dominant.

Cultivars: There are a number of cultivars in the collection, some not named (see below). ‘Snow Mound’ – mounded habit; ‘Snow White’, raised by Eric Sammons, is the best – vigorous, hardy, floriferous, rounded habit