Lavatera perennial - white and pink flowers in the garden

Lavatera belongs to the category of perennial plants, which are distinguished by their unpretentious care and remarkable decorative properties. The plant is widespread in Australia and North America. Below you can familiarize yourself with the features of growing Lavater and the principles of flower care.

Description of perennial lavater

Perennial lavatera is considered the most spectacular variety of mallow flowering ornamental crops. The perennial got its name thanks to the Lavater brothers, who worked as doctors in Zurich for a long time. The root system of a perennial culture is quite powerful. It can grow to a depth of 15 m. This allows flowers to retain vitality and survive severe frosts in the open field during the cold season. The height of the bushes reaches 50-150 cm. The stems of the plant are strong and the leaves are large. The flowering period begins in early summer and can delight the owner of the site until the end of September. Each lavater flower reaches a diameter of 70-100 mm. Inflorescences can be colored in:

• pink;
• purple;
• white;
• lilac tones.

Perennial in landscape design

Lavater flowers consist of 4-5 petals, which are distinguished by conical outlines.

Classification of Lavatera varieties

Below you can see the classification of perennial crop varieties:

• The three-month-old lavatera is an annual plant with branchiness. The height of the bushes does not exceed 100 cm. The lower foliage is endowed by nature with heart-shaped or rounded outlines. The outer region of the leaves is crenate-toothed. The diameter of the funnel-shaped flowers, located in the axils of the foliage, reaches 10 cm. The corollas of the three-month-old lavater are five-lobed. They can be painted in pink, white or carmine tones. Flowering lasts from mid-July to late September. Experts recommend planting seedlings in areas well-lit by the sun's rays.
• Lavatera Thuringian is widespread in Central Europe, Western Siberia and Russia. The perennial is distinguished by the formation of powerful shoots. The height of the bushes reaches 200 cm. The leaf plates are painted in gray-green tones and are naturally endowed with heart-shaped outlines. Single flowers are painted in a pink palette. Their diameter reaches 10 cm. You can admire the flowering from July to September.
• Lavatera tree-like - biennial, the height of which exceeds 180 cm. The stem of the lavatera (garden rose) is straight. Oval-shaped leaf plates reach 20 cm. Flowers are hibiscus, painted in red, purple tones. Treelike plants are planted in open ground for the summer period. The culture can be propagated by seed.
• Primorskaya Lavatera is an ornamental culture, the flowers of which are painted in several shades of lilac.
• Cretan lavatera is distinguished by the presence of pubescent felt stems and purple, lilac flowers.
• Moorish Lavatera is a thermophilic plant with pubescent stems and purple flowers. Planting and caring for a lavater is easy.

Lilac Lady grade

Lavater varieties popular with gardeners

Among the most popular varieties, Lavaters are distinguished:

• Lilac Lady is a variety of flowers that are distinguished by lilac petals. A perennial plant does not need complex care.
• Ai Catcher is a variety that is recommended for planting on loose soil. The inflorescences are painted in a pink palette.
• Burgundy Vine is a hybrid variety featuring pink flowers with purple veins. Pink Lavatera does not need complicated care.
• Barnsley Baby is a perennial that pleases with snow-white or pink buds from mid-summer until September. The height of the white lavatera bushes can reach 115-120 cm.
• Bregon Springs is an ornamental crop with pink inflorescences. The height of the bushes does not exceed 130 cm. The foliage of a highly climbing plant is painted in gray-green tones.
• Silver Cap is a lush bush culture. The flowers are painted in salmon tones. The plant can be grown at home.
• Mont blanc - bushes, the height of which does not exceed 75 cm. The bushes are densely leafy. Numerous voluminous snow-white flowers have no streaks. Landscape designers plant Mont Blanc near fences to create hedges.
• The ruby ​​queen is distinguished by colors painted in scarlet tones. The ruby ​​queen can look particularly impressive when planted on lawns.
• Pretty woman is a type of lavatera, which is a tall, spreading bushes with the presence of large crimson, snow-white or mother-of-pearl flowers.
• The sun goddess is a variety made from a mixture of seeds. During flowering, the bushes are decorated with multi-colored inflorescences.
• Novella is a perennial species that grows only up to 20 cm in height. The plant is ideal for growing in flowerpots.
• White Sherub is an ornamental culture characterized by chic buds of large inflorescences. The flowers are painted in white. The height of the bushes, as a rule, does not exceed 40 cm, which makes it possible for growers to grow White Sherub in containers on the windowsill. The variety is not susceptible to disease.

Variety I Catcher

Landing features

When growing lavater from seeds, the question arises: when to plant planting material? It is worth laying seeds in the ground in April. It will take only 10-14 days to wait for the first shoots. Flowers can grow in almost any soil. However, before planting, it is recommended to add humus and compost with mineral fertilizing to the ground. If desired, you can use a urea solution. After fertilization, the soil should be loosened and leveled. In prepared boxes, a drainage layer is laid on the bottom surface. Only then can the soil mixture be poured. Planting procedure step by step:

1. Loose and leveled soil in the bowls should be moistened with warm water.
2. The seed of the lavater is placed on the surface of the soil. Sprinkle a small layer of earth on top of the seeds.
3. To accelerate the emergence of seedlings, it is worth covering the planting site with film material. The containers are transferred to a warm and well-lit room. The film is removed daily for 10 minutes in order to ventilate, and the earth is moistened.
4. As soon as the height of the seedlings reaches 5 cm, the cover is removed and the seedlings are thinned out.
5. The soil must be loosened and the site slightly huddled.
6. As soon as the threat of night frosts has passed, they begin to transplant the seedlings of the Lavatera into open ground. The area for growing flowers should be well lit by sunlight.

The soil in the seedling planting zone should be moistened daily. The earth is periodically cleared of weeds and loosened. If necessary, a support is installed near each bush to prevent the stem from breaking off in a strong gusty wind. Growing flowers is easy.

Appearance of Burgundy Vine

Features of planting in a seedless way in open ground

In regions with warm climatic conditions, seeds can be sown in mid-May directly in open ground. The area with crops is covered with film material. Landing Algorithm:

1. In the selected planting zone, furrows are dug up to a depth of 10 mm.
2. Perennial seeds are sown in the grooves.
3. The planted seeds are lightly sprinkled with soil, which includes a small part of humus and garden soil.
4. The planting site needs abundant moisture.
5. The area with the planted seeds is covered with a film material.
6. After the height of the seedlings reaches 5 cm, the cover is removed.

Features of seedling care

After removing the covering material, the procedure of the first loosening and easy hilling of the seedlings is carried out. After that, it is worth taking care of introducing the first fertilizing of the decorative culture with mineral fertilizing.

Plants need systematic watering. For this purpose, it is worth using settled rainwater.

Features of care in the garden

Decorative culture needs proper care, namely:

• Systematic watering, especially when the plant begins to bloom. It is enough to water the flower beds every 2 days. On especially hot days, it is worth spraying the leaf plates with warm water. You can only moisturize foliage, since wet buds wither and fall faster. In addition, they can curl.
• Top dressing, which is especially important when growing crops on poor soil. It is recommended to add nitrophosphate and urea (1 tbsp. L. Per 10 l of liquid). You can feed the plant during the budding period and in the spring.
• Systematic loosening of the soil every 5-7 days.
• Removing buds that have wilted.

It is important to adhere to the rules of caring for the bushes so that the lavatera is not susceptible to diseases and pleases with long flowering. It should be borne in mind that the ornamental culture needs abundant watering during the period of active growth of the stems and at the time of bud formation. With the onset of September, the frequency of soil moistening procedures decreases.

Bloom

When does lavatera bloom? The plant begins to delight the owner of the site with bright flowers in early or mid-summer. The diameter of the opened buds reaches 10 cm. The petals are painted in white, lilac, crimson, pink tones. Flowers can grow in groups or singly.

After flowering is completed, green boxes begin to form at the location of the buds. It is important to wait until the seeds are fully ripe. Completely dried boxes will testify to this. Before you start collecting, you should open the boxes and look at the shade of the seeds. It should be colored brown. Only in this case, you can immediately start collecting planting material. To this end, you will need to cut off the boxes and sprinkle the seeds on newsprint. The planting material is slightly dried and wrapped in a paper bag for storage.

Wintering of annual crops

When growing annual varieties at the end of October, the bushes are cut and burned. The soil in the flowerbed is dug up and loosened. The culture is distinguished by the possibility of self-sowing reproduction, therefore, already next spring, in the place where the bushes were planted, young seedlings will appear, which will soon delight with abundant flowering.

Mont Blanc variety

Preparation for wintering perennial

At the end of October, perennial crops are prepared for wintering. Carrying out preparatory work is not necessary, because the lavater is frost-resistant. Florists still do not take risks and try to prevent damage to their favorite bushes by severe frosts. The remains of buds and seeds from perennial bushes are collected. The shoots are gently bent to the ground surface and fixed in this position.The plant is covered with a layer of fallen leaves and spruce branches.

Possible growing problems

Perennial lavatera is distinguished by the presence of persistent immunity from various diseases and pest infestations. In some cases, it is possible to damage the bushes of garden aphids. To cope with the pest, flowers are sprayed with preparations like Aktellik or Aktara. It is important to follow the manufacturer's recommended dosage.

In cases of rust damage to the bushes, the green mass of the ornamental culture is covered with spots of brown, brown and yellow. The plant needs immediate treatment with a Bordeaux liquid solution or Cuproxat. With a strong defeat of perennial lavatera with rust, it is recommended to dig up diseased bushes and burn them or take them out of the site.

Beauty is a spectacular decorative culture

Perennial Lavatera is an amazing plant that will effectively decorate the garden plot during the flowering period. In order for the culture to grow healthy and please with the formation of a large number of buds, it is worth adhering to the recommendations of specialists regarding care. When applying top dressing to the soil, it is important to adhere to the dosage recommended by the manufacturer.