Hibiscus coccineus 26/5 Restock Slightly fragrant and endlessly charming

Slightly fragrant and endlessly charming

" because this is very likely the only native woody plant in America to carry this year's flowers

with Hibiscus syriacus

Long before the nursery trade

Hibiscus coccineus 26/5 Restock Slightly fragrant and endlessly charmingHibiscus coccineus, the scarlet rose mallow or Texas star hibiscus, is a tall, dramatic perennial native to the wetlands and swamps of the southern United States. Rising on strong, upright stems to six or ten feet, the plant lifts great scarlet stars above the summer garden, an American native that looks every bit as exotic as any tropical hibiscus and proves far tougher. The flowers are the whole argument. Each bloom opens three to five inches across