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| Growth Type: Perennial
Hardiness Zones: 5 - 10
Location at Monticello: West Lawn
Planting Conditions: Partial Shade
| Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Jefferson is not known to have grown Rose Mallow at Monticello. However, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, he does include "Syrian mallow Hibiscus moschentos" among the state's medicinal plants that "would principally attract notice." It is an herbaceous perennial that is native to low, marshy sites in eastern North America. John Bartram sent seeds to England in the mid-1700s, and it was recommended for American gardens by Bernard McMahon in 1806.
Check Monticello's on-line shops for seeds or plants of Rose Mallow.
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