Lavetera 'Bredon Springs'
I planted this shrub last year and it has put on a lot of leaf but it had very few flowers.
I thought it was deciduous, but it is still in full leaf and has a few flowers.
Is this correct? I understand it needs pruning in spring, how drastically do I do this?,
Does it matter that it is still in leaf?
It seems very healthy apart from only very few flowers
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I have some Lavaterae (a different variety) and they all have plenty of green leaves on them. A very small of leaves, at the extremities are withering.
We haven't had any really hard frosts yet.
I grow malva as well. I have alovely white one. which was growing on some derelict ground so i collected the seeds.
I did expect this to have more flowers
Bjay, it may already be showing some signs of new growth lower down on the stems. Later on in Spring- say March, if not freezing- that's where to prune.
Take cuttings in Summer, they root easily & keep fine over winter in a coldframe IME. J.
Mine tend to self-seed fairly readily too. If you look around you might find some more. Though seedlings from a named variety may not be identical to the parent.
They prefer hot and dry conditions, so last year was a poor year.
Thanks you 3
Will the cutting back in spring increase flower production
is this one of those tree mallows?
I always found them evergreen but wished they weren't. Never looked right to me in a winter garden, wrong colour and texture.
Yep.
They cut back hard and very well. It stop them getting too heavy and breaking. To get good flowering I reckon you need a proper summer as mentioned earlier.
Oh for a proper summer - a dream