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Desert Mallow - Native GardenersDesert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native GardenersDesert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native GardenersDesert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native GardenersDesert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native GardenersDesert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native Gardeners
Desert Mallow - Native Gardeners
$6.50
Note : During our spring season, preparation of materials for careful packaging of plants before shipping typically takes 14 business days, in addition to the standard shipping times.

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Shrubby and woolly, this perennial grows 3-5 ft. It has numerous large, apricot-orange flowers in wand-like clusters near the tips of weak, wide-ranging, sometimes sprawling stems. The broad leaves have three lobes and rounded, scalloped edges. This grayish plant often has many limbs and bright orange-red flowers in clusters with erect branches.

One of the largest-flowered, most drought-tolerant species of Globe-mallow, it forms spectacular displays in the low, hot southwestern deserts in wet years. In some forms, its petals are pale, purplish-pink.

Butterfly Host Plant: Texas Powdered-Skipper (Systasea pulverulenta); Common Streaky Skipper (Celotes nessus)

BONAP MAP

Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 2’-4’
Bloom: February-November
Light: Full Sun
Water: Medium
Zone: 6, 7, 8, 9
Origin: Southwestern U.S.

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