Plant: Dark Lavender Chiffon® Rose of Sharon
Althea · Hibiscus syriacus 'Dark Lavender Chiffon'
Size: 2 gal
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Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
The newest member of the Chiffon rose of Sharon series, an upright deciduous shrub 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide. It was found growing beside its parent Lavender Chiffon and has proved a richer, darker purple, giving deeper and more impressive blooms through early, mid and late summer above dark green three lobed foliage. It prefers full sun and medium moisture, is easy to care for, and is heat and drought tolerant, deer resistant and attractive to pollinators. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a specimen. NCSU records the species as non toxic to cats, dogs and horses and as weedy or invasive in some states.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
The newest member of the Chiffon rose of Sharon series, an upright deciduous shrub 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide. It was found growing beside its parent Lavender Chiffon and has proved a richer, darker purple, giving deeper and more impressive blooms through early, mid and late summer above dark green three lobed foliage. It prefers full sun and medium moisture, is easy to care for, and is heat and drought tolerant, deer resistant and attractive to pollinators. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a specimen. NCSU records the species as non toxic to cats, dogs and horses and as weedy or invasive in some states.
- Flowers
- Rich, dark purple to lavender blooms, a deeper colour than its parent Lavender Chiffon.
- Foliage
- Leaves are alternate, simple and 3-lobed, 2 to 4 inches long, with coarsely toothed margins.
- Fruit
- A 5-valved dehiscent capsule about 3/4 inch long and wide, brown, persisting through winter.
- Native range
- South China and Taiwan
