Hibiscus palustris 25/6 Restock shared for interest only

shared for interest only

Heat and hot summers suit the plant perfectly

and there the real fame lies underground

but the plant carries that heritage in the leaf

banana-shaped cones dangle among them like ornaments

Hibiscus palustris 25/6 Restock shared for interest onlyHibiscus palustris is the northern, cold hardy face of the American rose mallows, a marsh dweller whose species name comes straight from the Latin palus, a swamp or marsh. Botanists today often fold the plant into Hibiscus moscheutos as a subspecies, but the old name still travels with the pink flowered marsh plants of the Northeast, and gardeners know exactly which plant the name marks. Where many tropical hibiscus sulk at the first frost, this