Description
Homegrown and cared for by our TCMGA Demonstration Garden Greenhouse Master Gardener volunteers
Picture and description may vary from plants purchased. Plants donated from Master Gardeners may have unknown variety and/or color of plant
Texas Native Plant/Texas SmartScape Plant
Common Name: Fringed Poppy Mallow
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 5 to 8
Height: 0.50 to 1.50 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet
Bloom Time: February to July
Bloom Description: Solitary, upward facing, cup-shaped fringed magenta flowers at the end of slender leggy stems
Sun: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy, purple-red wide bloom with white spot at base of 5 petals
Leaf: Sprawling hairy leaves, deeply-lobed with cleft
Attracts: Butterflies, Bees
Tolerate: Drought, Deer resistant
