Plant: Lavender Chiffon® Rose of Sharon
Althea · Hibiscus syriacus 'Lavender Chiffon'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
An upright deciduous shrub 8 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide bearing large single lavender flowers, each adorned with a lacy center that gives an anemone like and extra showy bloom. Flowering is reliable and long, running through early, mid and late summer above dark green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, tolerates heat and drought, resists deer browsing and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. 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 6 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An upright deciduous shrub 8 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide bearing large single lavender flowers, each adorned with a lacy center that gives an anemone like and extra showy bloom. Flowering is reliable and long, running through early, mid and late summer above dark green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, tolerates heat and drought, resists deer browsing and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. 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
- Large, single lavender flowers adorned with a lacy center that gives an anemone like, extra showy appearance.
- 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
