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The cold-tolerant perennial Texas Star hibiscus looks equally at home in a tropical or cottage garden and produces some of the tallest plants for the flower border. The scarlet, star-shaped flowers are a favorite of the ruby-throated hummingbird. Swamp Hibiscus, Tropical Cottage, Texas Flowers, Texas Landscaping, Texas Plants, Texas Native Plants, Texas Garden, Tropical Flower Plants, Hibiscus Plant

By Norman Winter MSU Horticulturist Central Mississippi Research & Extension Center Not too many plants can look equally at home in a tropical garden and an old-fashioned cottage garden, but such is the virtue of the Texas Star hibiscus. This hibiscus, known botanically as Hibiscus coccineus, also is known by less enticing names like swamp mallow or scarlet mallow.

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The Texas Star Hibiscus is now in bloom!! You can see the tons of buds on it, but only a few flowers seem to open at the same time. And of course, true to form-the flowers are only open for one day. Bummer...but another bud will open the next day so I always have flowers-I just wish the whole plant would be covered in red one day! Here is some information on this plant: "A Texas Native, Texas Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineaus) is a tall, slender perennial Hibiscus that produces large bright…

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