I never thought that I would see flowers blooming in mid-September, but obviously I am green and without a clue. See this Rose Mallow ..... it has about seven buds including one that will be in full bloom within days. Hopefully before Mordechai arrives next week.
From the Kemper Center/Missouri Botanical Garden:
Rose mallow is a Missouri native plant which typically occurs in wet soils along ponds and sloughs, in ditches or in wet woods, sometimes forming large colonies. A vigorous, erect, often woody-based perennial that typically grows 4-6' tall (infrequently larger) and features showy, hollyhock-like, 5-petaled, white or rose flowers (4-6" diameter) with magenta-crimson eyes. Flowers are borne in the upper leaf axils. Each flower has a prominent and showy center staminal column. Perhaps the largest flower of the native Missouri wildflowers. Long, mid-summer to fall bloom period. Ovate, serrate leaves (to 6" long). Leaves, stems and fruit capsules are distinctively hairy (lasiocarpus from Greek meaning hairy-fruited).
Despite the destruction of the tree rats, I am blessed with a lot of plants that are doing well. Besides the Rose Mallow, current bloomers include the Wild Ageratum, Downy Skullcap, Rose Verbena, and Eastern Blazing Star. I also have a Stiff Goldenrod that will bloom in the very near future.
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