How to tend a Lavatera trimestris
Also known as: Lavatera rosea Medik., Lavatera pseudotrimestris Rouy ex Cout., Lavatera trimestris L., Lavatera meonantha Link, Lavatera althaeifolia Mill., Lavatera alba Medik., Lavatera africana Mill., Lavatera grandiflora Lam., Malva africana (Mill.) Steud., Stegia trimestris (L.) Risso, Stegia lavatera DC., Lavatera moschata Miergues, Althaea africana (Mill.) Borbás, Althaea trimestris Kuntze, Malva trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) Verloove & Lambinon, Lavatera trimestris var. brachypoda Pérez Lara, Stegia trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) T.Luque & Devesa, Malva trimestris var. moschata (Batt. & Trab.) Iamonico, Lavatera trimestris var. malviformis Ball, Lavatera trimestris f. colorata Gattef. & Maire, Lavatera trimestris var. moschata Batt., Lavatera trimestris var. genuina Cout., Lavatera trimestris var. pseudotrimestris Cout.
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Need keep soil moisture high but not saturated
Sunlight
Like sunshine, resistant to half shade
Soil
Likes well-drained soil
Fertilizer
Apply enough base fertilizers
Pruning
Remove dead and diseased branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Europe
- Category
- Malvaceae, Lavatera
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 20-30 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period April-August
- Flower colors
- pink, rose red
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