Herbaceous Perennials
Swamp rose-mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Zone 1 · Closest to the Water
Zone 2 · Intermediate Zone
- Size
- Height: 3 to 7 ft Width: 2 to 5 ft
- Bloom Color
- pink;/red/white
- Wetland Indicator Status
- OBL Obligate wetland — almost always occurs in wetlands
- Salinity Tolerance
- Low to moderate soil salt and salt spray tolerance
Notes
Wet (brackish and freshwater marshes) to moist soils; sun to part shade
Wildlife Value
Food source for pollinators including bees, butterflies and hummingbirds; seeds eaten by birds including wood ducks; larval host plant for gray hairstreak, skippers and painted lady butterflies