🌺 Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’ (Rock Rose)

Bring vibrant, sun-loving colour to your garden with Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’, a compact, evergreen perennial perfect for brightening dry, sunny spaces. This stunning Rock Rose produces masses of vivid orange-red flowers with golden centres in late spring and early summer, creating a warm and eye-catching display.

Its low-growing, spreading habit forms attractive mats of grey-green foliage, making it ideal for softening edges, cascading over walls, or filling gaps in rockeries and gravel gardens. Both beautiful and practical, it’s also a favourite for bees and pollinators.

🌿 Key Features

• Striking orange-red flowers with golden centres
• Compact, spreading growth (15–20 cm high, up to 40 cm spread)
• Evergreen foliage for year-round structure
• Perfect for rockeries, gravel gardens, and borders
• Excellent for walls, slopes, and edging
• Pollinator-friendly

🌞 Planting & Position

• Plant in full sun for best flowering performance
• Requires well-drained soil; avoid winter waterlogging
• Thrives in sandy, gritty, or poor soils
• Improve heavy soils with grit or sharp sand before planting
• Ideal for alpine beds, slopes, and gravel gardens
• Space plants 30–40 cm apart
• Plant with the crown level to the soil surface

💧 Watering & Feeding

• Water regularly during the first growing season
• Once established, drought tolerant and low maintenance
• Avoid overwatering, especially in winter
• Feed lightly in early spring if soil is very poor
• Avoid excessive feeding as it may reduce flowering

🌸 Flowering

• Blooms in late spring to early summer
• Deadheading may encourage a light second flush
• Performs best in full sun with free-draining soil

✂️ Pruning & Care

• Trim lightly after flowering to maintain a compact shape
• Avoid cutting into old woody stems
• Remove dead or damaged growth as needed
• Replace or rejuvenate plants if they become woody over time
• Apply a light gravel mulch to improve drainage
• Low maintenance and generally pest resistant

🌼 Why Choose Keans Claremorris?

• Carefully selected, high-quality plants
• Expert knowledge and trusted gardening advice
• Plants suited to Irish growing conditions
• Reliable service from a long-established garden centre
• Passionate about helping your garden thrive

Add long-lasting colour and texture to your garden with Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’—a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that delivers season after season