Hibiscus grandiflorus Landscaper Favorite The name carries a curl

The name carries a curl of history: Colquhoun is a Scottish Highland clan

or a coastal planting in the milder South

For half a century the shrub passed hand to hand around southern Illinois as a nameless local treasure

and the winter silhouette of thick

the north side of the house

Hibiscus grandiflorus Landscaper Favorite The name carries a curlHibiscus grandiflorus, the swamp rose mallow, is a magnificent native perennial of the southeastern United States, grown for enormous soft pink blooms and broad, velvety, gray green leaves. Rising to eight or ten feet on stout stems, the plant brings a lush, almost tropical presence to the summer garden, at home in a wetland but just as striking in an ordinary bed or beside a pond. The flowers are the reason to grow the plant, and they carry a secret.