FEATURES
This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®. Alternatives include: Dark Lavender Chiffon®.
Easy-to-grow summer color!
Large, single lavender flowers are adorned with a lacy center to create an anemone-like bloom. Beautiful for use in a mixed container, or incorporated into a mixed border. A mass planting will create an easy-to-grow privacy screen with lots of summer color. Like all of the Chiffon® series, it has soft, graceful stems and a useful rounded habit.
Top reasons to grow Lavender Chiffon rose of Sharon:
- Purple blooms have a fluffy center that makes them extra showy
- Produces few to no seeds
- Long blooming
CHARACTERISTICS
PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirements: Sun
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
- Early Summer
- Mid Summer
- Late Summer
- Border Plant
- Good for Screening
- Landscape
- Mass Planting
- Specimen or Focal Point
Great large shrub for landscape use, young plants can be used in containers but will need to be moved to the landscape as they mature. Also incredible when pruned into a small tree. This is a great addition to the mixed border, or can be a nice specimen.
Blooms in summer. Grows in any soil unless it is either really wet or dry. Prune in early spring if desired. Prefers medium moisture. Deciduous shrub. Fertilize in early spring by applying a slow release fertilizer formulated for trees and shrubs. Follow the label for recommended rate of application.