General Plant Information (Edit)
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Upland Cotton
  • American Cotton
  • American Upland Cotton
  • Bourbon Cotton
  • Golden Cotton
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Gossypium hirsutum
  • Synonym: Gossypium ekmanianum
  • Synonym: Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum
  • Synonym: Gossypium hirsutum var. marie-galante
  • Synonym: Gossypium hirsutum var. taitense

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-07-26
Gossypium hirsutum - Red Foliated White Cotton 007
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-07-02
Gossypium hirsutum - Upland Cotton 001
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2008-03-11
flower color the third day
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2008-08-02
Mexican Cotton
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-07-26
Gossypium hirsutum - Red Foliated White Cotton 006
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2008-03-10
flower color the first day
Photo by beckygardener
Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Date: 2013-10-05
The gardener has permission to grow this for educational purposes
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

Date: 2009-10-10
Comments:
  • Posted by GoneTropical (Orlando, Florida - Zone 9b) on Dec 30, 2011 4:45 PM concerning plant:
    The flowers start out soft yellow and by the third day they are a deep rose color.
    The cotton ball fluff is great material for nesting material boxes for birds.

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