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Lavatera ‘Marshmallow White’ is a fantastic, new medium-sized shrub with crisp, white trumpet shaped flowers which are a nectar-rich enticement for pollinators and look fabulous as cut flowers for a vase or bouquet. For a low input way to achieve masses of flowers year in, year out – these flowering shrubs take some beating. Members of the mallow family, they will flower for weeks throughout summer, and well into autumn. Their large, silky, hollyhock-like blooms adding stature and presence to the garden. Native to dry, rocky places (often near the coast) lavatera prefer light, moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun with shelter from the wind in frost prone areas. Lavatera ‘Marshmallow White’ is a hardy, deciduous perennial which loses its leaves over winter and becomes dormant, reinvigorating in the following March – first with foliage and then with flowers, from April to September and sometimes beyond. Reaches a height and spread 1.5m.
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Key Information
| Latin Name | Lavatera Marshmallow White 9cm pot |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Tree mallow |
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Perennial |
| Format | 9cm Pots |
| Position | Full-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 1.50 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 1.50 |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
| Drought Tolerant | Yes |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for wildlife | Yes |
| Good for pollinators | Yes |
| Good for cutting | Yes |
