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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Cistaceae (Rock-roses) |
| Origin: Spain (Europe) |
| Flower Color: Golden |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Synonyms: [Halimium atriplexifolium] |
| Height: 4-5 feet |
| Width: Spreading |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Halimium atriplicifolium - A 4 to 6 foot tall evergreen (ever-gray) upright shrub, then somewhat sprawling with ghostly-white 1 to 2 inch long broadly-ovate leaves on stems with reddish hairs. In the spring and early summer appear 1 1/2 inch wide golden-yellow flowers in clusters of up to 8 flowers on hairy open cymes that rise above the foliage. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. Not as hardy as the other Rockroses and damaged in temperatures much below 28 F. This plant comes from Central and Southern Spain south to Morocco in North Africa. In an interesting coincidence the generic and specific name mean the same thing and are descriptive of this plant's silver/grey foliage. Halimium is from the Greek word 'halimos', which was the ancient Greek name of Saltbush Atriplex halimus while the specific epithet 'atriplicifolium' means "leaves like that of Saltbush" (Atriplex). Halimium and the related Cistus are both commonly called Rockrose but another name for this plant is Jara Blanca. Our original seed of this plant from Seedhunt but most recently seed and seedlings collected from the garden of Carol Bornstein.
This information about Halimium atriplicifolium displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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