You can understand why it has gained so much respect. It features velvet textured, maple-leaf foliage and abundant deep-pink trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer, right through to fall. As such, it’s a perfect backdrop for both smaller sub-shrubs and summer perennials alike. This humble hybrid is a vigorous grower with an erect form and a mature height of 6–8 feet. It’s a semi-evergreen shrub that’ll soon be a sure staple for the back of your garden border. This is a wonderful hybrid cross of the renowned Lavatera olbia and Lavatera thuringiaca. Let’s start with the Lavatera x clementii “Rosea” Photo credit: Garden Tags This is a plant that just keeps on giving.īelow are a few of my favorite selections from the 25 or so available. Truly, these are some of the most beautiful you’re likely to see within the horticultural world.
You can expect a continuous run of the prettiest trumpet-shaped blooms from late spring right through until late autumn. There are few plant families out there that can beat Lavatera’s prolific flowering. They’re native to Northern America, Australia, Asia, and the Mediterranean. In fact, the luscious blooms are what grab our undivided attention.Īll of these plants belong to the Malvaceae plant family. Although these come in a wide range of differing plant forms, the flowers are the same throughout the genus.
It’s comprised of annuals, biennials, herbaceous perennials, and semi-evergreen, soft-wooded shrubs. The Lavatera genus is alternatively known as the “Tree Mallow ” or “Rose Mallow”. Let’s take a closer look into their world and find the perfect plants for your own garden. There are around 25 species in this heavily blooming collection, all of which are stunning. The “Lavatera” is a popular plant genus, well known for its vast array of long-flowering garden plants.
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