Bronze Carpet Sun Rose - Helianthemum - Quart Pot

Sunny orange flowers bloom over green foliage. This evergreen perennial puts on a colorful display in rock gardens, rock walls, edgings and along walkways. It is fairly drought tolerant and will fill in quickly. A colourful selection of Rock Rose, this is a good plant for growing in the rock garden, gravel scree, alpine trough or using as an edging along a sunny pathway. Peach flowers appear starting in late spring, over a shrubby mound of narrow green leaves. Plants must have very good drainage, particularly through the winter. Evergreen. Drought tolerant, once established, also tolerant of poor, sandy soils. Shear lightly after flowering, by no more than half. Otherwise, no pruning is generally required. Hardy in zones 4-9. Height: 8-12 inches. Loves the sun.