Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen, Semi-Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Large
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 6-8' x 5-10'
Natural Growth Habit: Mounding, Upright
Native To: Cultivar, Mediterranean
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Lavender / Pink / Purple
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 6-9, 12-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-11
Lavatera maritima ‘Bicolor’ is a broadleaf, evergreen shrub with an upright, mounding habit and featuring gray-green, velvety, palmately lobed leaves and flowers with lavender-pink or purplish-white petals with a deep magenta/purple center and radiating violet veins. Evergreen in mild climates, it can be semi-evergreen or deciduous in cold climates. It is very fast growing. Uses include screens and hedges, background plant, focal point, erosion control. Tolerant of urban conditions. Excellent for seacoast landscapes. Tolerates desert conditions with occasional deep irrigation. Thrives in full sun but can tolerate very light partial shade. It is not shade tolerant. It is highly adaptable to chalk, loam, sand, or light clay, provided the soil is well-drained. It is intolerant of waterlogging. Prefers regular irrigation to establish but becomes highly drought resistant once mature. Overwatering shortens its lifespan. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 20°F.
Lavatera maritima ‘Bicolor’ is a broadleaf, evergreen shrub with an upright, mounding habit and featuring gray-green, velvety, palmately lobed leaves and flowers with lavender-pink or purplish-white petals with a deep magenta/purple center and radiating violet veins. Evergreen in mild climates, it can be semi-evergreen or deciduous in cold climates. It is very fast growing. Uses include screens and hedges, background plant, focal point, erosion control. Tolerant of urban conditions. Excellent for seacoast landscapes. Tolerates desert conditions with occasional deep irrigation. Thrives in full sun but can tolerate very light partial shade. It is not shade tolerant. It is highly adaptable to chalk, loam, sand, or light clay, provided the soil is well-drained. It is intolerant of waterlogging. Prefers regular irrigation to establish but becomes highly drought resistant once mature. Overwatering shortens its lifespan. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 20°F.
