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Hibiscus moscheutos |
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Rose Mallow aka
Hibiscus, Mallow
Rose, Wild Cotton, Swamp Rose |
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4-9 |
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Eastern United States |
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3-6 feet |
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Flowers single,
borne in axus, petals
3-5 inches long, which create a flower 6-12 inches wide.
Flower colors are red, white, pink and bicolors. |
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August-September |
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Leaves alternate to
8 inches long, lanceolate
to broad ovate, unlobed or shallowly 3 or 5 lobed,
green above, white-pubescent beneath. |
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- 'Poinsettia' - Red flowers, 5 feet tall.
- 'Radiation' - Pink flowers, 5 feet tall.
- 'Southern Belle' - Red, pink, or white
flowers, 4-6 feet tall.
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