:: Turks Cap ::
Malvaviscus arboreus
“Drummondi”

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:: 10.11.07 ::

Giving

They had a little pink turks cap at the Botanic Garden sale. My red turks cap does so well I decided to get the pink one, which is really a little more of a coral color. I hope it survives.  UPDATE: I decided to give this to mom.

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:: 03.18.05 ::

Little Red Hots

There is a large patch of this plant near the front side of the house. The plants are pretty bushy but they die back each winter and leave woody stems. The flowers are really small but they stay around on the bush for a couple of months. They make a nice background border and they add some interest to this shady spot that is overgrown with bushes and vines.

These are some images of the plants growth cycle. In winter the woody sticks are still standing. This year I trimmed them back to the ground in early spring to see if this would help them thicken up.

Here is an image of the rosette growth pattern of the plant’s overlapping root stems. You can see that they are just starting to put out a new growth of small green leaves on the remaining stems (similar to how the Lantana grows).

By late spring there is a small mound of leaves beginning to spread and get taller.