Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Thujopsis bright cherry-red flowers

bright cherry-red flowers

(aka: Hedychium coccineum 'Tara') Hedychium 'Tara'

deer-resistant leaves and adorned from early June until frost with terminal clusters of mustard-orange (RHS 25B) flowers tipped in yellow

Thanks to Rick Darke

Folks who have trialed Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' have been most impressed

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Thujopsis bright cherry-red flowers(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