Lavatera trimestris 'Loveliness Pink'
Lavatera trimestris 'Loveliness Pink'
Lavatera trimestris Loveliness rose
Rose Mallow, Annual Mallow, Royal Mallow
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Description
The 'Loveliness' pink Lavatera trimestris is a lovely variety of annual mallow, also known as three-month mallow, appreciated for its generosity and vibrant pink flowering. This vigorous annual plant tirelessly produces flowers that somewhat resemble Hibiscus blooms. The large satin corollas radiate under the sun, from summer to autumn. A flagship plant of old-fashioned gardens, the annual mallow forms beautiful flowering bushes in just one season, easy to integrate into borders and large beds of perennials, annuals, or bushes.
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The 'Loveliness' Lavatera trimestris is an old horticultural variety. The type species, Lavatera trimestris, is a slightly hardy annual mallow native to the Mediterranean region. It is a cousin of wood mallows (Malva sylvestris) or marshmallow (Althea officinalis), belonging to the same family of Malvaceae. The 'Loveliness' variety forms a beautiful, branched bush measuring 1m (3ft) in height and 50cm (20in) in width in just a few weeks. The foliage of this variety is dark green, slightly greyish. The basal leaves are almost round, while those that cover the stems have palmate lobes, resembling maple leaves. Flowering occurs from June-July to October (earlier in warm climates), and it continues uninterrupted until the first frosts. The flowers are a rich pink, satin-like, veined with a deep pink on a candy pink background, of a good size (7cm (3in) in diameter), solitary at the axils of the leaves. They are not long-lasting, but they continually renew on the plant, especially when faded flowers are regularly removed. The large seeds contained in their black, ripe capsules are easy to sow.
Annual mallows are essential in "cottage" gardens, and varieties with bright colours easily find their place in "mixed borders" and beds of annuals. They can be paired with love-in-a-mist, cosmos, blue cornflowers, or pretty perennials like flax, summer asters, or Gauras. A single packet of 'Loveliness' Lavatera trimestris seeds can decorate multiple beds. Its flowering clumps will look beautiful with small bushes like roses, shrub mallows, Perovskia, and Caryopteris, for example.
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Botanical data
Lavatera
trimestris
Loveliness rose
Malvaceae
Rose Mallow, Annual Mallow, Royal Mallow
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Annual lavateras are sown in spring, directly in open ground, when temperatures warm up (germination occurs at 15 °C (59°F)). Light promotes seed germination. You can also sow in March, early in the season, under shelter, to transplant the plants in place from May, when the last frosts have passed. When the young plants are about 20cm (8in) tall, you can pinch the main stems to force them to branch out. Leave at least 40-50cm (16-20in) between each plant.
For their cultivation, choose a well-exposed location, in the sun, as well as an ordinary, slightly alkaline soil, but well-drained. A too rich soil will favour the growth of leaves at the expense of flowering.
For a beautiful flowering, the soil must remain fresh, even moist, but without stagnant water; so don't hesitate to mulch the plants and water from time to time, especially in hot and dry weather.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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