General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
4"-5"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 2 or 3 weeks of cold moist stratification will help with germination
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Woolly Rose-Mallow
  • Hardy Hibiscus
  • Hibiscus
  • Rose-Mallow
  • Swamp Rose Mallow
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. lasiocarpos
  • Synonym: Hibiscus lasiocarpos
  • Synonym: Hibiscus leucophyllus
  • Synonym: Hibiscus californicus
  • Synonym: Hibiscus platanoides

Woolly Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. lasiocarpos) was a featured
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Photo Gallery
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-08-22
Pink color variant.
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 26, 2010
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-09-19
At edge of duckweed covered mill pond.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-08-22
Pale pink color variant.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-09-19
Wooly seed heads.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-08-22
White color variant.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-08-22
White color variant.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-08-22
Pale pink color variant.
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
Pink variant - close up with flash.
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
In a swampy area alongside cattails.
Location: My Garden
Date: 2015-08-31
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-04-04
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-03
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2017-08-27
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
Pink variant - growing wild.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2017-09-24
Note seed eating bug (weevil?) in the middle of the photo.
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
Pink perfection!
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 26, 2010
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-09-25
Historic Millpond is ringed by native hibiscus (last bloom of sea
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
7 - 8' tall, reaching the sun through competing vegetation.
Location: Summersville, MO
Date: 2017-08-14
White and pink blooms grow mixed in native habitat.
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 26, 2010
Buds
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 26, 2010
Location: Virginia
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 19, 2012
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocoarpos with calyx removed to show
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: June 26, 2010
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