About
Corynabutilon x suntense 'Jermyns' is a robust, sizeable shrub that is largely deciduous. It features slender, maple-shaped foliage and produces bowl-shaped flowers in a deep mauve hue, measuring about 6 cm across, during late spring and summer.
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
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-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
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, City and courtyard gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Outdoors, grow in moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sheltered position in full sun. In a conservatory grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1 or pruning group 6 as required. Pruning group 13 if wall training
- Propagation
- Propagate by rooting softwood, greenwood and semi-ripe cuttings at any time. Hardwood cuttings can be taken in autumn and will root well; keep them frost free
- Pest resistance
- Aphids, scale insects (soft scale) and glasshouse whitefly can be a problem
- Disease resistance
- Occasional problems with a virus