This variable shrub has mutable upright-arching woody stems that form a bushy rounded habit. It has large dark green heart-shaped leaves that may be lobed and white to pink bell-shaped appear in clusters from summer to autumn.

Hardiness zones 9 to 12

Dombeya burgessiaeis naturally found in eastern Africa from Kenya to South Africa and extending to Madagascar growing along tropical forest margins or in shrubland.

It prefers a well drained moderately fertile soil with reliable moisture in an open sunny position and is drought and frost tender.

Pink Dombeya is grown for its mass of flowers and bushy habit. It is planted in sub-tropical borders for screening and in gardens or parks as a specimen. It is suitable for coastal regions requiring some protection and is used on embankments or trimmed to form an informal hedge. ID 2260

Dombeya(DOM-bee-a) burgessiae(bur-JES-ee-eye)

Malvaceae(mal-VAY-see-ee)
Cotton, Mallows and Hollyhocks