About
This substantial deciduous shrub features maple-like leaves, characterized by three to five serrated lobes. In early summer, it produces saucer-shaped flowers that measure 8 cm across, displaying a pure white hue.
About the genus
This genus comprises flowering trees or shrubs that exhibit a unique appearance, characterized by their lobed, fuzzy green leaves resembling vines. The plants produce flowers shaped like hibiscus, typically in pale mauve hues, with some varieties showcasing white blooms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow under glass or indoors in a peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light. When in growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly. Water sparingly in winter, keeping barely moist. Can be grown outdoors in warmer climates
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6 or Pruning group 1 as required
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly, glasshouse red spider mite, mealybugs and scale insects
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free