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I inherited property that has been in the family for over 100 years, and the Malvaviscus arboreus came with it. I'm 63 and remember it be...Read More
I have the medium pink flowered version here in Tulsa. It's called Pam Puryear and I think was developed in Texas. It grows about 5 feet ...Read More
Dwarf Red Sleeping Hibiscus grows well in my zone 7b garden. It dies back to the ground and reemerge in Spring. Hummies love the bright...Read More
I wanted a short flowering plant for a shaded area. The sleepy hibiscus has been doing wonderfully, blooming and attracting hummingbirds ...Read More
I was introduced to the Sleepy Hibiscus this past week in the Waimea Valley on Hawaii Island. It is growing wild there and our guide, a ...Read More
I first came on this plant in Texas where it grows wild in sandy to heavy soils. Here in southern California in Ojai, inland from Ventura...Read More
Have this plant in different places in my yard. It is so attractive when it is blooming. Deer do not bother it. Here in northwest Alab...Read More
Natureguyfrog-
the fruits ARE edible. They are eaten in Mexico. Plant is also called a Mexican Apple.
Purchased two small plants in 4 inch pots at a small nursery in Marble Falls Texas about 3 years ago . Both have now taken over half the ...Read More
The turk's cap with woven petals much like the woven cloth of a Turk's "cap" is a wonderful plant here in San Diego, CA with few pests ot...Read More
I am propagating and planting more of these lovelies, this plant stays in its own little clump returning year after year with its tough b...Read More
I have a few of these turks caps (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii), native here in Texas. They are wonderful plants! I love the litt...Read More
Grows to a medium sized tree in Costa Rica, especially in the dry forest. Cinnamon and visiting Ruby-throated hummers love this plant, al...Read More
Hummingbirds LOVE this plant.
I found it about 6 years ago in a neglected part of an old heritage garden in Concord NC. It was on ...Read More
Beautiful plant which provides much needed late summer/autumn bloom. Has made it through a mild winter for me in NC zone 7b (temps did g...Read More
I bought this in a Vicksburg MS nursery.No tag so I didn't know what it was, except it looked like the hibiscus family. I was a student a...Read More
This plant is listed as a native by the South Georgia Native Plants and Wildflower Symposium (held at UGA Tifton), and I've encountered i...Read More
My first one of these came from a nursery going out of business years ago. I call it the "mother plant". It's huge and comes back better ...Read More
Great for hummingbirds. After we had the huge old live oak pruned and thinned, I had to move the Turk's Cap closer to the base of the tre...Read More
I think turk's cap is a wonderful plant. It is totally reliable and the red flowers attract humminbirds like crazy. I have one bed plante...Read More
A friend at a nursery was going to throw away two "scrawny" looking Turk's Cap plants and asked me if I wanted them. I took them and stu...Read More
We also call this plant "Turks Cap" --- and it is extremely easy to grow from cuttings. Just stick them in soil and keep moist for a few...Read More
In this neck of the woods (St. Augustine Beach, Florida), this is called "Turk's Cap" and is as someone already said, loved by the hummin...Read More
Malvaviscus drummondii is another of those wonderful heirloom, passalong plants of the Southeastern US, but this one is actually a...Read More
Malvaviscus drummondii is a very vigorous grower here in Zone 8b, Charleston, South Carolina (U.S.) Hummingbirds love it!
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San Antonio, TX
You need to allow lots of room for this plant, whose origin is Southern Mexico and Central America, to spread. It ...Read More
I just planted Malvaviscus drummondii and will have to see if it makes it to spring. It appears to be a very vigorous grower, but ...Read More