Brighten up the garden with the gigantic and captivating blooms of Summerific® Candy Crush Rose Mallow. This spectacular perennial displays a profusion of 20 cm (8-inch) wide, bright candy-pink flowers with a rich dark red centre all summer long. Its deeply cut, dark green foliage with bronze overtones creates a striking contrast against the vivid blossoms. Its compact, rounded habit naturally establishes it as a showstopping focal point in summer landscape designs.
Characteristics
Foliage : Deciduous, dark green leaves with bronze undertones, lush and deeply lobed, maintaining an excellent visual presence until frost.
Flowering : Monumental 20 cm blooms in vivid candy-pink with a cherry-red throat, renewing continuously from mid-summer to early fall.
Light : Requires full sun to maximize flower production and intensify foliage colouration.
Habit : Bushy, dense, and rounded.
Growth : Fast-growing; shoots up rapidly from the ground each spring to reach its full height in just a few weeks.
Soil : Prefers rich, moist to wet, well-drained soil that consistently retains moisture.
Temperature : Canadian hardiness zone 4.
Resistances : Highly resistant to severe cold and White-tailed deer browsing.
Use
Types of use : Integrate into mixed borders, pond edges, the back of flower beds, or as a focal feature in large containers on the patio.
Decorative benefits : Delivers a dramatic tropical look and an explosion of bright colour right when other perennials begin to wind down.
Maintenance
Watering : Keep the soil consistently moist. Water deeply and regularly, especially during hot summer periods.
Fertilization : Apply a balanced flowering plant fertilizer in early spring and again in mid-summer to support continuous bloom production.
Pruning : Cut back all stems to about 10–15 cm above the ground in late fall or early spring.
Planting : Set the root ball flush with the soil surface, spacing plants at least 100 cm apart. Incorporate rich compost into the planting hole.
Winter protection : Apply a protective layer of mulch around the base in fall to shelter the crown during its first winters. Spring emergence occurs late (late May or early June).
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