The sun rose is an easy-care perennial that comes in many varieties and colors. Use our overview and other tips.
The sunrose (Helianthemum), one of the hardy plants, has become an integral part of Bach flower therapy. And because the sunrose is one of the easy-care perennials, it can often be found in our gardens, albeit sometimes unnoticed. But the sun rose is also very suitable for grave design. In this guide you will find out which varieties and breeds of the sunrose there are and how the sunrose is planted and cared for.
Rockrose varieties - large selection
The common rockrose is still available with yellow flowers, whereas new breeds are now also available in garden stores with red, pink, orange and white flowers. We would like to introduce you to a few of the most beautiful varieties of the sun rose here:
Solarrose 'Golden Queen' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Golden Queen')
| Solarrose 'Golden Queen' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Rubin') | |
|---|---|
| Flower color: | yellow |
| Flowering: | June - August |
| Growth: | 10 - 20 cm |
| Growth: | 20 - 30 cm |
| Growth form: | flat, prostrate |
| Location: | Sun |
| Floor: | well drained, normal garden soil |
Solar Rose 'Bronze Carpet' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Bronze Carpet')
| Solar Rose 'Bronze Carpet' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Bronze Carpet') | |
|---|---|
| Flower color: | orange |
| Flowering: | May - July |
| Growth: | 5 - 15 cm |
| Growth: | 20 - 30 cm |
| Growth form: | flat, ground covering |
| Location: | Sun |
| Floor: | well drained, dry to fresh |
Sundries'Bullfinch' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Bullfinch')
| Solarrose 'Bullfinch' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Bullfinch') | |
|---|---|
| Flower color: | pink yellow center |
| Flowering: | June - August |
| Growth: | 10 - 15 cm |
| Growth: | 20 - 30 cm |
| Growth form: | prostrate, clump-forming |
| Location: | Sun |
| Floor: | dry to fresh, well-drained, loamy-sandy, stony |
Sunrose 'Snow Queen' Helianthemum x cultorum 'Snow Queen')
| Solarrose 'Snow Queen' (Helianthemum x cultorum 'Snow Queen') | |
|---|---|
| Flower color: | white, center of flower colored yellow |
| Flowering: | May - August |
| Growth: | 15 - 25 cm |
| Growth form: | Lying Flat Pads |
| Location: | Sun |
| Floor: | dry, permeable |
Other interesting varieties - overview
- Common rockrose - yellow flowers, very robust
- Mountain Rockrose - also yellow flowers, very low habit
- Garden Rockrose - yellow flowers with orange interior
- Sterntaler - golden-yellow flower, is often confused with the common rockrose
- Cornish Cream - delicate, vanilla-yellow flower with an intense yellow centre
- Cheviot - apricot colored flower, looks very filigree
- Polar bear - pure white flower
- The Bride - white flower with a yellow centre, silver-green foliage, looks extremely elegant
- Red Orient - dark red, intense flower colour, spices up colorless garden beds immensely
- Cerise Queen - red, double flower, is often offered under the name "Rubin"
- Lawrensons Pink - pink flower, looks very fine
- Wisley Pink - pink flower, silver-green foliage
- Raspberry Ripples - two-tone flower in pink and white, brings mood to the garden bed
- Ruth - its brown-red flower contrasts beautifully with its grey-green foliage
The perfect choice of location
The evergreen rockroses, as their name suggests, prefer a sunny, dry (water-permeable) location, which is why they are also ideal for cultivation in the rock garden. Due to the growth height of 10 to a maximum of 30 centimeters are suitableSunroses but also for grave design and as a bed border.
You should grow sunroses yourself in early spring (from around March) either from seeds or buy them as perennials and plant them directly in the garden bed. You can also propagate existing sun roses by cuttings.
» Tip: Before planting the perennials in the soil, you should enrich the soil with some compost to make it easier for them to grow.
Proper care for sunroses
➤ Promote Flowering
The sun rose, which blooms from May to August, hardly needs any care. You should only cut off wilted flowers as early as possible so that new flowers can form quickly on the sun rose.
➤ watering/fertilizing
Solar roses are also very insensitive during long periods of drought. Nevertheless, you should provide the plant perennial with irrigation water from time to time. However, you must then ensure that no backwater forms around the plant. Fertilizer application, on the other hand, is only necessary when necessary.
➤ Pruning
Immediately after the last flowering, you should prune the rockrose vigorously so that the perennial plant becomes more and more compact and can survive even frosty winter days better.