Hibiscus grandiflorus
swamp rosemallow
Malvaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
flower
Size:
6-10 ft tall by 4 ft wide
Life Span:
short-lived perennial
Flower Color:
pink
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
winter dormant
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen plant or background screen for wet places.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Aquatic ---- to ---- Usually moist, occasional inundation
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam, Organic
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Hummingbirds
- Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and four moths : Pearly Wood Nymph, Yellow Scallop Moth, Io Moth, and Delightful Bird-Dropping Moths.
- Attracts butterflies and native bees (including the Rose-mallow Bee which is a Hibiscus specialist), beetles, etc.
Attracts butterflies, bees, beetles, and birds.
Native Habitats:
Depressions in pine flatwoods, brackish and freshwater marshes, edges of lakes and ponds, along rivers, swamps, canals, ditches. Commonly in water but may occur in dry floodplains and dry marshes.
