Seashore Mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica
Seashore mallow is a salt-tolerant brackish-marsh mallow with weeks of soft-pink hibiscus-like flowers, excellent for sunny pond edges, rain gardens, and coastal plantings.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TX, VA