Snow Fire Rockrose               CIS-tis

• Evergreen shrub, 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) high, similar spread, rounded form, reddish stems.  Leaves opposite, simple, bright green, wavy-edged.  Flowers white with burgundy-red blotch at the base of each petal, 6.5 cm wide.
• Sun, well-drained soil.  Can be pruned.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (7) 8    Derived from C. × dansereaui ‘Decumbens’ × ? × C. inflatus × C. populifolius subsp. major.
• Oregon State Univ., North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Aurora; a Cistus and Halimium trial was initiated in 2004.