Swamp Rosemallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
It grows wild in 40 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 4 ft to 6 ft tall, 3.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- Pink, red and white
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Woody roots; wants 10 in of soil
- Kind
- Shrub
At its grown size
fall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 36 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 26 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Chimney bee (Ptilothrix bombiformis), Chimney bee (Melitoma taurea), Hoary squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa), Mining bee (Andrena andrenoides)
Grows well with
New England Aster
Dwarf Azalea
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Swamp Azalea
Fragrant Sumac
Brown-eyed Susan
New Jersey TeaFacts from the Quercus record for Hibiscus moscheutos.