Hibiscus palustris 25/6 Restock punctuating a long border

punctuating a long border

Heat and hot summers suit the plant perfectly

The crown opens with age into something broad and airy

For a plant so modest in stature

split-petaled trait

Hibiscus palustris 25/6 Restock punctuating a long borderHibiscus 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