Habitat: full sun
Soil: rich, gritty
Height: 20 cm
Flowering: summer
Width: 40 cm
The rock roses are excellent and easy plants for a sunny place in a rock garden or raised bed. There are many different bright colours of flowers, and some have greyish leaves.
Helianthemum cupreum has very bright orange flowers, rather darker orange towards the centre. A very colourful plant, great growing over a rock in the garden garden, or at the edge of a raised bed.
9 cm pot £3.00
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| Helianthemum 'Cerise Queen' is a double-flowered form with very bright pink flowers (one hesitates to say lurid), with yellowy-orange centres, over rich green, narrow leaves. |