Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium Despite warnings that it may

Despite warnings that it may not like hot

and the fall the floral show is nothing short of spectacular

grey-leaved salvia

starting in late May

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium Despite warnings that it may(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