FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 101 



attained to goodly proportions. It is a beautiful climber, 

 with deep-green lanceolate-ovate leaves, and large, fleshy, 

 campanulate flowers of a deep rose colour. There is a 

 white-flowered form called L. alba, introduced from Chili 

 in 1854, and a beautiful crimson-flowered variety named 

 superba. Planted on an east aspect wall, and in roughly 

 broken up peat and gritty sand, it succeeds well. 



Lardizabala (Berberideae), 



LARDIZABALA BITERNATA. Chili, 1848. Requires wall 

 protection, there being few situations in which it will 

 succeed when planted in the open. It is a tall, climbing 

 shrub, with dark-green persistent leaves, and bearing 

 purplish flowers in drooping racemes in mid-winter. 

 Planted in rather dry soil, at the base of a sunny wall, 

 this shrub forms a by no means unattractive covering, the 

 twice ternate, glossy leaves being fresh and beautiful the 

 winter through. 



Lavandula (Labiatae), 



LAVANDULA VERA (syn L. Spica). Common Lavender. 

 South Europe, 1568. A well-known and useful plant, but 

 of no particular value for ornamental purposes. It is of 

 shrubby growth, with narrow-lanceolate, hoary leaves, and 

 terminal spikes o blue flowers. Good loam suits it well. 



Lavatera (Malvaceae)* 



LAVATERA ARBOREA. Tree Mallow. Coasts of Europe 

 (Britain). A stout-growing shrub reaching in favourable 

 situations a height of fully 6 feet, with broadly orbicular 

 leaves placed on long stalks. The flowers are plentiful 

 and showy, of a pale purplish-red colour, and collected 

 into clusters. It is a seaside shrub, succeeding best in 



