is one of the finest native broadleaf evergreens of eastern North America
For half a century the shrub passed hand to hand around southern Illinois as a nameless local treasure
” and coming from Mickel that is close to canonization
and the winter silhouette of thick
the north side of the house
Hibiscus grandiflorus Landscaper Favorite is one of the finestHibiscus grandiflorus, the swamp rose mallow, is a magnificent native perennial of the southeastern United States, grown for enormous soft pink blooms and broad, velvety, gray green leaves. Rising to eight or ten feet on stout stems, the plant brings a lush, almost tropical presence to the summer garden, at home in a wetland but just as striking in an ordinary bed or beside a pond. The flowers are the reason to grow the plant, and they carry a secret.