Lavatera trimestris ‘Beauty Mix’ seeds – (Mallow)

Description

These bushy plants produce flowers in rose , salmon, pink and white. The plants certainly give you value for money as they bloom all summer long, and on into autumn in warmer areas., and make a great backdrop for the garden border. You can use them as cut flowers where their lovely hibiscus like blooms will open from tight rolled buds to grace your floral work.  The plants like slightly sandy, well drained soil in full sun

Sowing advice

Start your seeds under cover 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost in spring. Sow them in pots or trays on the surface of moist seed raising mix . Don’t cover them with mix as light is required for germination.  Seeds should germinate in 14-21 days at about 20 deg C.