Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to not at all. It is hardy to about 20 degrees F and tolerates seaside conditions. It is drought tolerant, resistant to deer predation and is a low fuel volume plant for areas prone to wildfire. Shear back in late summer for a fall rebloom.

Cistus x skanbergii was originally described as a species by Italian botanist Michele Lojacono Pojero (1853-1919) who named it for his friend the Swedish botanist Alexander Skånberg but it is now considered to be a natural hybrid between Cistus monspeliensis and Cistus parviflorus that originates where the two species overlapped on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in Italy. Though now considered extinct at its original collection site and very rare elsewhere in the wild, it has been successfully cultivated and introduced worldwide as an ornamental plant. The name Cistus is from the Greek word 'kistos' which was the name originally used to describe the plant in ancient Greece. . We have grown and sold this attractive and useful plant since 1991. 

Information displayed on this page about Cistus x skanbergii is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.