{"id":4570,"date":"2015-08-16T00:29:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T07:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2015-08-11T05:45:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:45:38","slug":"lavatera-tree-mallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lavatera-tree-mallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavatera Tree Mallows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tree Lavatera arborea<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOlbia Rosea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a deciduous shrub growing 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc tall. It has a profusion of deep pink veined flowers, two inches across, that appear throughout the summer with lobed, mid green leaves.
\nThere are a range of Lavetera species or Mallows from the tree and shrub varieties to annuals called Lavetera trimestris<\/strong>. The annual Ruby Regis is a ceris colour whilst Mont Blanc is pure white and pink Silver Cup has an AGM. All are easy to grow from seed and produce lots of hibiscus like flowers.<\/p>\n

Lavatera davaei <\/strong>is a Portuguese shrub, up to four feet high, with clusters of violet-rose flowers.
\nLavatera mauritanica<\/strong>, from North Africa, is an annual of two feet, with violet flowers, shaded darker at the base.
\nLavetra maritima bicolour<\/strong> is a small evergreen shrub with grey-green foliage that produces a profusion of large, pink, lilac and white flowers with magenta veins from late summer.<\/p>\n

* Tip 1<\/strong> Grow perennial Lavetera from cuttings and annuals from seed.<\/p>\n

* Tip 2<\/strong> Prune hard in the spring to encourage flowers on the new wood.<\/p>\n

Lavetera Barnsley<\/strong> is a popular and readily available plant. The lower growing Lavatera Barnsley Baby is useful for borders and patio containers, where the branching plants give racemes of hollyhock-like, soft pink blooms.
\n Annuals and mallows from Thompson & Morgan <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This tree Lavatera arborea \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOlbia Rosea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a deciduous shrub growing 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc tall. It has a profusion of deep pink veined flowers, two inches across, that appear throughout the summer with lobed, mid green leaves. There are a range of Lavetera species or Mallows from the tree and shrub varieties to annuals called Lavetera trimestris. The annual Ruby Regis is a ceris colour whilst Mont Blanc is pure white and pink Silver Cup has an AGM. All are easy…<\/p>\n

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