Oh mine stopped flowering ages ago...I never did anything in the garden last year (pruning etc) 'cause I had no time and no knowledge so I think probably it didn't flower very well 'cause it didn't do anything with it.
All I can add is that Solanum Crispum has seemed hardy enough in my garden ( Yorkshire) but it is behind a greenhouse growing up and hiding a boundry fence. I do prune it quite hard in spring or it just flowers at the top. If I remember correctly it is a skin irritant so I wear gloves when pruning it, might be wrong on that.
Interesting that you described the Lavatera as 'pink marshmallow coloured' as it comes from the same family as the plant that was used to make marshmallows.
There's a fascinatng fact for you
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Oh mine stopped flowering ages ago...I never did anything in the garden last year (pruning etc) 'cause I had no time and no knowledge so I think probably it didn't flower very well 'cause it didn't do anything with it.
All I can add is that Solanum Crispum has seemed hardy enough in my garden ( Yorkshire) but it is behind a greenhouse growing up and hiding a boundry fence. I do prune it quite hard in spring or it just flowers at the top. If I remember correctly it is a skin irritant so I wear gloves when pruning it, might be wrong on that.
Number 1 is an olive tree - look at the zoomed photo and you can see two olives!
Actually, I think it is Solanum and agree with the others.
Definately Solanum, definately not an Olive
Verdun it's purple / lilac not blue.
Lavatera will flower right through from June to Sept/Oct, mine's just finished flowering, best pruned in the spring.
Interesting that you described the Lavatera as 'pink marshmallow coloured' as it comes from the same family as the plant that was used to make marshmallows.
There's a fascinatng fact for you
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Verdun!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.