Hibiscus grandiflorus Landscaper Favorite For half a century the

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

Use dwarf fothergilla at the front of a moist

Few trees carry a collector's story as plainly as the paperbark maple

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

is one of the finest native broadleaf evergreens of eastern North America

Hibiscus grandiflorus Landscaper Favorite For half a century theHibiscus 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.