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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: 15-20° 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 is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Halimium atriplicifolium. |
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