lavatera

(ˌlævəˈtɪərə)

(Plants) any plant of the genus Lavatera, closely resembling mallow and grown for their purple, white, or rose-coloured flowers: family Malvaceae

[named after the two brothers Lavater, 18th-century Swiss doctors and naturalists]

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Lavatera - widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers

genus Lavatera

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

family Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf - arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States

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Lavatera, or tree mallow, is a handy quick-growing shrub - ideal when you need bulk to fill a gap fast.

Learning bush craft; Meet the shrubs that are designed to dazzle alongside flowers in the summer months

Lavatera grows fast, so is great for plugging the gaps in your borders

Learning bush craft; Meet the shrubs that are designed to dazzle alongside flowers in the summer months

Lavatera grows fast is great for plugging gaps in your borders

Learning bush craft; Meet the shrubs that are designed to dazzle alongside flowers in the summer months

Here are some of my favourites: Cistus, or rock rose, is a beauty of a Mediterranean evergreen shrub which is covered in June and July with beautiful blossoms that look like they have been hand-created using Lavatera grows fast so is great for plugging the gaps in your borders crumpled paper tissue.

Learning bush craft; Meet the shrubs that are designed to dazzle alongside flowers in the summer months

Lavatera, below, grows fast so is great for plugging the gaps in your borders

LEARNING BUSH CRAFT; IN THE mirror.co.uk SATURDAY 20.07.2019 DAILY MIRROR 37 DMUULS GARDEN with DIARMUID GAVIN weekend@mirror.co.uk Weekend, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, London E14 5APSorry, Diarmuid cannot reply personally Meet the shrubs that are designed to dazzle alongside flowers in the summer months

| Summer-flowering shrubs, such as fuchsia, spiraea, perovskia, lavatera, buddleja and deciduous ceanothus (for example, Gloire de Versailles) usually flower on new growth so a good chop now will stimulate plenty of this.

Time to prepare for warmer weather; JOBS FOR THE WEEK

A superb addition to the garden, Lavatera Barnsley Baby produces masses of soft pink, funnel-shaped flowers from July through to October.

OFFER of the week; Gardening club

| Summer-flowering shrubs, such as fuchsia, spiraea, perovskia, lavatera, buddleja, and deciduous ceanothus (eg Gloire de Versailles) usually flower on new growth, so a good chop now will stimulate this.

Put your vegetables under the cloche; JOBS FOR THE WEEK

| SUMMER-FLOWERING shrubs, such as fuchsia, spiraea, perovskia, lavatera, buddleja, and deciduous ceanothus usually flower on new growth, so a good chop now will stimulate this.

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK

| PRUNE summerflowering deciduous shrubs such as Buddleja davidii, hardy fuchsias and lavatera - this will not effect their flowering as they flower on new wood.

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK

Send your questions to gardening@people.co.uk QTHE wind has broken several branches on my lavatera bush.

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Protease inhibitors were extracted from the seeds of Lavatera cashmeriana Camb by ammonium sulphate precipitation and purified by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-100 column.

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF A TRYPSIN-CHYMOTRYPSIN-ELASTASE INHIBITOR ISOLATED FROM LAVATERA CASHMERIANA CAMB. SEEDS