About this cultivar:
Sidalcea 'Sussex Beauty' provides satin pink flowers and seem to glow depending on the light. Quite a robust, vigorous cultivar. Will often flower until the first frost. Insects love it. Gardeners love it. Visitors love it. Thus it is a very ...sussexful.. plant in any border....
- Position: Full sun, partial shade
- Soil: Almost any soil, grows well in Ballyrobert
- Flowers: July, August, September
- Other features: Grows well in Ballyrobert
- Hardiness: H7 - Hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20°C), Fully hardy, grows well in Ballyrobert
- Habit: Clump forming
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Height: 90 - 120 cm (3 - 4 ft)
- Spread: 90 - 120 cm (3 - 4 ft)
- Time to full growth: 2 to 5 years
- Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial
- Colour: Green, pink
- Goes well with: -
About this genus:
Sidalcea (sid-al-se-a) is a genus of the botanical family Malvaceae (the Mallows). It gets its name from Sida and Alcea (related genera). It contains several species of flower known generally as checkerblooms, checkermallows, or prairie mallows. They are native to West and Central North America.
In mid- to late summer the clumps of toothed basal leaves produce erect flowering stems, with 5-petalled mallow-type flowers in terminal racemes, in shades of pink, white and purple.
They grow almost anywhere in our garden - perhaps we over-use them! Just don't put them in full shade or have them sitting in water. Combine them with anything purple,pink, or white!