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Lavatera cachemiriana |
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| Synonym(s) |
Malva kashmiriana; Lavatera thuringiaca ssp. cachemiriana |
| Common name |
lavatera |
| Family |
malvaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z6-9) |
| Flowers |
pink |
| Size |
tall |
| Light |
sun |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature - exposure to light may be helpful. Self-seeds in our garden.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late July |
Some sources list this as a tender perennial, others say it's quite hardy. Based on four years in our garden, I say they're hardy. They don't get tall for us in their first year of growth, but they often do manage to bloom. The next year, they grow much taller. The flowers look just like many other mallows, to my eyes. We get a good number of volunteer offspring each year.
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| | Early November, hesitating to open itself |
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| | Seeds are ready to harvest when the husks turn tan |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Lavatera cachemiriana
Some particularly helpful links to other websites
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Mara | Dec 11, 2009 | How lovely to find your site with not just good information but lovely photos, as well. Thank you so very much! |
| Rob Olgatree | Feb 19, 2015 | What a nice plant ! Worthy of a spot in the garden! |
| Rob | Aug 01, 2022 | These popped up with our other flowers. Tall dark green leaves are deeply lobed. It closes at night. Light purple/blue petals with white stamen. It seems to be tough in this heat! Lavatera cachemariana ? |
- Seed from '04 trade. Scarified seed with sandpaper. Baggy 65F (30%G, 3-12d)
- Seed from '15 garden. Scarified with sandpaper, baggy 70F (29%G, 3-9d)
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