Photo: Author: Sten Porse / CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Summer–Autumn
Tree Mallow
Lavatera × clementii
Family: Malvaceae
Powdery & Softlightpowdery
SeasonSummer–Autumn
OriginGarden hybrid
IntensityVery Faint
LifespanPerennial
About This Flower
Powdery & Soft · Summer–Autumn bloomer
Tree mallow grows rapidly into a large, free-flowering shrub smothered from midsummer in large, silky pink or white flowers with a soft, powdery mildness that never overwhelms.
Symbolism & Meaning
enterprise, mildness
In the Victorian language of flowers, tree mallow means “Enterprise”.
Habitat & Environment
Garden hybrid
Tree Mallow is native to Garden hybrid.
Quick Reference
- Scientific NameLavatera × clementii
- FamilyMalvaceae
- Native ToGarden hybrid
- Bloom SeasonSummer–Autumn
- LifespanPerennial
Share this flower