| Scientific Name: | Hibiscus moscheutos (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | hardy hibiscus, swamp rose mallow |
| Family Name: | Malvaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Summer interest, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Deltoid, Ovate, Dentate, Incised, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Schizocarp, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, margins toothed, incised to form 3(-5) lobes, pubescent undersides, up to 15cm long; flowers up to 18cm wide. (H. 'Red Wine' has dark purple leaves and dark red flowers.) | |