Lavatera Flowering Time. 11062020 Lavatera is an easy to grow upright shrub which bears large attractive flowers from mid-summer onwards. Lavatera maritima is a fast-growing shrubby plant that reaches 8 feet 25 metres tall and can spread up to 12 feet 35 metres.
07092019 As we said repeatedly the pruning of the Lavatera is annual on the other hand the right time to do so depends on the area where you live. Remove any leaves from the lower third of the cutting. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it the Award of Garden Merit AGM.
If you are in a temperate zone where winters are very weak you can perform pruning in the fall.
Of the different cultivars available Lavatera x clementii Barnsley is popular in UK gardens. Just after the summer bloom. Deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering. Lavatera can be rooted from 10 cm long semi-ripe cuttings taken in mid-summer.