Plant · P-1091

Woolly Rosemallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Woolly Rosemallow is a robust, clump-forming wetland perennial in the mallow family that dies back each winter and resprouts from a woody crown each spring. Large, five-petaled flowers up to six inches across, white or pale pink with a deep crimson center, open for a single day but are followed by new blooms daily from mid-summer into fall. Downy, velvety leaves and stems set it apart from close relatives, and its habit of colonizing pond margins, ditches and wet fields makes it a strong pollen source for a specialist native bee.