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Lavatera 'Marshmallow' Flowering Shrubs

Trumpet-flowering delights
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Key Features

  • Flowering shrubs that produce delightful trumpet-shaped silky blooms
  • Compact and well-branched perennials light up in pink and white across the summer months
  • Nectar-rich flowers will draw the attention of pollinators, including bees
  • So versatile, plant throughout the garden in sunny spots, from bed and borders, to patio pots
  • Supplied as a set of three established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting
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Description

Trumpet flowers hold a special place in the hearts of many gardeners, as they leave an impression on all that see them. The ‘Marshmallow’ series of Lavatera will not disappoint, with brilliant and colourful blooms.

Also known as Tree Mallows, these compact and well-branched perennials burst to life for weeks through summer, and well into autumn.

Flowering shrubs, such as these, will treat your garden to repeat performances of flowers for years to come, with silky petals – go on and give them a feel!

Do not fret when leaves drop across the winter as the plants fall dormant, as new growth will emerge in the following March. Lavatera are hardy and easy to grow, forming good-sized shrubs with the headline trumpet flowers.

What’s more, the blooms are particularly rich in nectar, so are attractive to pollinators, while the long and strong stems that hold each flower are perfect for cutting for a vase. Plant throughout the sunny beds and borders of your garden, including in patio pots or containers.

Supplied as three established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting. Including one each of the following:

  • Lavatera Marshmallow Cherry Blush - Near white petals, tinged in pink that darken towards the centre, with a bright eye. 
  • Lavatera Marshmallow Ice White - Pure white blooms with a matching central eye.
  • Lavatera Marshmallow Strawberry Cream - Soft pink petals brighten to the middle, revealing a white eye.
Top Tips

Mallow can be slow to break bud in spring so be patient with plants that might appear to have died over winter as they may still be dormant.

Care Information

Planting Advice for Lavatera

  • Grow in full sun in moist, well-drained soil. Alternatively, can be grown successfully in a pot.
  • Before planting, prepare the soil by digging over and removing any weeds.
  • Water your potted shrub well.
  • Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
  • Add a conditioner such as well rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot then refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
  • Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
  • Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
  • If planting in a container, use the best compost that you can buy (our premium compost is ideal) and add some stones or gravel to the bottom of the pot to improve drainage and also to provide some ballast to stop the pot blowing over.

Aftercare Advice for your Tree Mallow

  • Your mallow will need regular water when first planted until established. After that, they fairly maintenance free.
  • Feed plants regularly during the growing season with a general-purpose feed such as our Blooming Fast soluble fertiliser.

Pruning Advice

  • Pruning lavatera is best undertaken in spring when all risk of frost has passed, and new buds are swelling.
  • Prune all stems back to about 30cm above ground level.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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