About
An upright sub-shrub characterized by its hairy stems and small, evergreen leaves that are also covered in fine hairs. Its flowers, similar in appearance to those of hibiscus, vary in color from pale pink to deep red-purple, blooming during the summer and autumn months.
About the genus
Anisodontea are persistent, woody perennials and shrubs characterized by either simple or palmately-lobed foliage. They produce five-petaled, saucer-shaped blooms that emerge in the leaf axils, blooming extensively from summer through autumn.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- South Africa (Cape)
Care notes
- Cultivation
- May survive outdoors in a sunny, sheltered spot in mild areas but normally grown in a cool greenhouse for summer bedding or as a patio plant. Needs good drainage and full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9, tip prune young plants to encourage bushiness
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in spring or by semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly and aphids
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free