The scent of spring on the Colline des Cistes Tours with a theme

Are you familiar with that iconic Mediterranean plant, the rock rose? In spring, their pink, white and yellow blooms light up the whole of the maquis …

Join one of our botanic gardeners for a springtime ramble through our collection of CCVS (Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées, the French organisation for botanical conservation) listed rock roses. These rock roses are growing in their natural habitat, in the heart of the Mediterranean maquis, in an area which has only recently been opened to the public.

Accessible to all, this tour is a genuine introduction to botany. These rock roses, covered in delicate and slightly crinkled flowers, will reveal all sorts of information: their botanical family, their uses, their extraordinary capacity to adapt to the Mediterranean climate …

And should you wish to plant a few rock roses in your own garden, you can get advice from the Domaine du Rayol’s gardeners.