Malvaviscus Species, Ladies Teardrop, Turkcap, Turk's Turban, Scotchman's Purse, Wax Mallow

These are the easiest plants to propagate from cuttings. You can put them in water or potting soil and within a week or so you will have...Read More lots of roots.

The ones I grow in my orchid house in the ground bed get kind of leggy and will fall over and grow roots along the stem. I suspect if I spent more time pruning them, they would be more bushy like. Think I will try that next year.

I have not grown this before and I am wondering if I can put it in a large container and have it do well. My ground has a lot of black cl...Read Moreay and rocks. From reading other inputs it seems it will grow most anywhere.

I have not grown this plant which is a native of the tropical regions of Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It has naturalized in Hawaii, Puerto...Read More Rico, the Virgin Islands, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) is a spreading shrub that grows to about 2 to 3 m high and 2 to 3 m wide (average size 8 feet by 8 feet). It often spreads by layering. The stems and leaves are densely covered with stellate hairs. The ovate to suborbicular leaves are shallowly 3-lobed or not lobed and have crenate-serrate margins. The 20 to 35 mm long flower petals are scarlet. The red fleshy fruit are about 1 to 3 cm in diameter. It can be propagated by layering, cuttings, root division and seed. Malvaviscus arboreus is a great plant for a hummingbird garden. It is not suitable for a small garden because it tends to ramble. There are dwarf cultivars of this plant. The young leaves, flowers and fruit are edible.

I don't know why they call it a shrub. I'm not really wise to all of this but mine is more a stalk here and there. Maybe a shrub starting...Read More here and there..?
Hardy little guys. I never do anything to mine. They just come back every year.