| Suited to all zones, lavatera flowers from mid-July till hard frost in moist, fertile soil. |
| The ones which flower from early summer onwards including potentilla, lavatera and fuchsia, are the ones that need pruning in early spring, before growth starts. |
| The food-plant of the caterpillar is lavatera assurgentiflora. |
| Orange lion's tail and yellow Jerusalem sage vie for attention with pink lavatera and blue Cleveland sage in flower-filled beds. |
| These and plants such as lavatera, buddleia and cistus are generally not worth moving unless they have been in the ground for two or three years. |
| There are several kinds of lavatera, mostly from the Old World. |
