Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Thujopsis Thanks to Rick Darke

Thanks to Rick Darke

This can be done most any time of the year

Calanthe 'Takane' is an easy-to-grow

Erythrina herbacea

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Thujopsis Thanks to Rick Darke(aka: Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) Named for the Bohemian botanist V. F. Kosteletzky, this fabulous, upright native (Virginia to Mississippi) perennial mallow, similar to lavatera, emerges from dormancy in late spring and the thick stems quickly zoom to 5' tall. Each kosteletzkya stem is clothed with fuzzy, light green, hibiscus like leaves. In midsummer, sea shore mallow is clothed with hundreds of 2" clear pink hibiscus like flowers. Sea shore mallow