Difference between revisions of "Hibiscus moscheutos"

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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
	Hibiscus >	moscheutos >

Popular, showy garden plant.

Read about Hibiscus moscheutos in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hibiscus moscheutos, Linn. (H. palustris, Linn.). Swamp Rose- Mallow. Strong-growing perennial 3-8 ft., the terete st. pubescent or tomentose: lvs. mostly ovate, entire in general outline or sometimes shallowly 3-lobed at the top, crenate-toothed, very soft-tomentose beneath but becoming nearly or quite glabrous above, the long petiole often joined to the peduncle: bracteoles linear, nearly or quite as long as the tomentose calyx: calyx- lobes triangular-ovate; fls. very large (4-7-8 in. broad), light rose-color: caps, globose-ovoid, glabrous. Marshes along the coast from Mass, to Fla. and west to Lake Michigan. B.M. 882. B.R. 1463; 33:7. Mn. 2:161. Gng. 2:227. F.S. 12:1233. R.H. 1907, p. 203 (as var. palustris). G.W. 6, p. 63. H. roseus, Thore, of Europe, is considered to be a naturalized form of this American species. R.H. 1879:10.—One of the best of the rose-mallows, thriving in any good garden soil. Of easiest cult, and perfectly hardy. Blooms in Aug. and Sept. The foliage is strong and effective. The most generally cult, of the hardy herbaceous kinds. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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 Hibiscus moscheutos, Linn. (H. palustris, Linn.). Swamp Rose- Mallow. Strong-growing perennial 3-8
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