Hibiscus moscheutos - Rose Mallow, Swamp

Height: 3 to 7’
Spread: 2 to 4’
Light Needs: full sun
Water: average to wet
Flower color: white to pink
Bloom time: July to September

This is a robust, clumping wildflower that makes a strong accent in a garden. The flowers are large and showy. Flowers are often white with a red eye but they may be red or pink. It is suitable as a bold accent in a formal flower, in a shrub border or naturalized along water's edge. It will naturalize by seed in a moist site. Flowers are pollinated by bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Several butterfly and moth larvae are reported to feed on this plant including the gray hairstreak, the American painted lady and io moth. It is reported that deer may browse on tender young growth but one SCNPS member has reported no damage in an area with a large deer population.