(Hibiscus moscheutos​ ‘Crimson Eyed’)

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Crimson Eyed Rose Mallow Hardy Hibiscus is a native perennial flower that grows in wet areas such as river banks, marshes, floodplains, and swamps from New York to Texas. At maturity, this plant reaches a height of 3-7' and features hairy stems, lance-shaped leaves, and 6-9” wide hollyhock-like, 5-petaled white flowers with a crimson center. This plant attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, tolerates frost, and is used as a cut flower!

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Family: Malvaceae

Genus: Hibiscus

Species: moscheutos​

Variety: Crimson Eyed Rose Mallow

Also Known As: Marshmallow Hibiscus and Swamp Rose Mallow.

Native to: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Introduced into: Algeria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, France, Italy, Korea, Ontario, Portugal, Romania, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan.

Ease of Growing: Easy

Grown As: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Maturity (Blooms): Jul , Aug , Sep.

Hardiness: This variety is very hardy and can tolerate frozen temperatures up to -13°.

Water: High 

Light: Sun: min. 6 hours daily (Warm, Hot). Full sun. 

Soil Moisture: Moist , Wet 

Soil pH: Acidic (pH 6.8) 

Aquatic: yes

Soil Description: Moist to wet, slightly acidic soils, fine-medium textured.

Conditions Comments: Clumps of Hibiscus start to grow late in the season and flower over a long period in late summer. 

Attracts Beneficial's: Yes. Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds. The foliage may be used as a butterfly larval host by Hairstreaks, Blues, Coppers, and others.

Containers?: Yes. 

Plant Size: 3-6'

Spacing: 2-3'

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-10 (mulch in 5, 6, 7, 8)
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​Produces: hairy stems, lance-shaped leaves, and 6-9” wide hollyhock-like flowers that have 5 white petals with a crimson center.

Uses: Excellent for adding bold summer color to the perennial garden and landscape. You can also use them as the center piece for large container gardens, in bog gardens, at the edges of ponds, or in any other sunny and consistently moist site.
​Rose mallow is easily grown from seed. Tip cuttings taken in early July root readily with adequate mist. They are all slow to emerge in spring and wait for the signal of warmer soil temperatures before they begin to show themselves.
Common to moist and wet areas as the name implies but is quite happy in average moist garden soils. ​It enjoys a fertile soil as well as ample moisture during the growing season for the best flowering and growth. ​Otherwise the only maintenance that these perennials generally require is to remove the dead stems at the end of the year.
​​Hibiscus is super easy to care for.  Plant them in a sunny area and keep them watered as needed.  They are fast growing so they do need plenty of water.  During the growing season just water and leave them unpruned.  When they start blooming it’s important to dead head them (remove the spent flower blossoms).  If you do that, they will reward you with more and more of those big beautiful blooms.

They are perennials so come fall the frost will kill the top of the plants but the roots will be fine.  Sometime after they have gone through a hard freeze where the temperatures drop below freezing for at least a few hours go ahead and cut them back to stubs or only three or four inches from the ground.  If you want you can wait and do this early spring.

Come spring they are a little slow to get started so be patient.  But once they start growing they really take off and by the end of July, early August they start making flowers.​
You can deadhead the spent flowers if you don’t like their appearance, but they fall off on their own in a day or two. In very wet conditions, rosemallow will reseed readily.  If this is the case and such reseeding is unwanted, just deadhead and cut the stems down for the winter. ​Otherwise you can let the stems and seed heads stay for winter interest and then cut the dead stems back in the spring to make way for the new growth. Beaked capsules mature and turn brown withing 4-5 weeks from flowering. Seeds are ready to collect when they are dark-brown. If necessary, separate good seeds from those infested with weevils and store in sealed, refrigerated containers. 
Try pairing Hibiscus moscheutos with Asclepias incarnata, Eupatorium fistulosum, Helianthus angustifolius, Lobelia cardinalis and Panicum virgatum.

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(Asclepias incarnata ‘Swamp’)

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Swamp Milkweed is a native clump-forming perennial flower that grows in wet areas such as swamps and river edges throughout most of the United States. When this plant reaches maturity, it typically grows to 3-4 feet. It has lance-shaped green foliage that measures 3-6 inches in length and produces small clusters of pink flowers that give off a pleasant aroma. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is resistant to deer, tolerates drought, is used to make cordage and fabric, self-sows, is both edible and medicinal, and is used as a cut flower! 
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