In The Garden: Identify my "fried egg" flower plant please

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  1. wilko

    wilko New Member

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    Hello. Can anyone help identify what my nephew refers to as the fried egg plant (owing to the flower shape/colour). Pictures attached.

    It is an evergreen shrub, flowering in spring and has grown rather rapidly with multiple woody branches radiating from the one thick stem.

    I don't particularly like the flowers, but it might help provide much needed ground cover in other parts of the garden if I can source some more. Perhaps there are other varieties.

    Thanks in advance.
     

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  2. Andrey Zharkikh

    Andrey Zharkikh Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Gum Rockrose Cistus ladanifer.
     
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    Sundrop Well-Known Member

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    It looks like Cistus ladanifer to me, too.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    There are lots of others; for your situation check out C. x hybridus - this is probably the best one for general use.
     

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