The Cistus & Halimium Website

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Olivier Filippi's Nursery In France but export available to EU countries. The best collection of Cistus and Halimium commercially available anywhere. Very knowledgeable on their plants and how to grow them.

RHS Plant Finder for suppliers in the U.K. and good nomenclature with cross-referencing of synonyms.

Wyevale Nurseries news page with information about their new variegated Cistus x hybridus Gold Prize 'Wyecis' launched in 2003

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website A website for the specialist, but with superb detailed photographs of cistus. Go to "Malvales", then "Cistaceae" and click on the "Photos - Collection" link.

Collecting Labdanum the Traditional Way by Hand A new website showing collection of ladanum/labdanum by the villagers of Sises in Crete, the only place where this ancient skill is still practised.

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