Wow! You all know your native plants! 🌱 Many of you were able to correctly identify this large blooms as the Swamp Rose Mallow or Hibiscus moscheutos.
Some of you guessed the Rose of Sharon, or Hibiscus syriacus. This is a great guess as they are similar in appearance and they are both members of the Hibiscus family, but the Swamp Rose Mallow's blooms are larger in size. In fact, the Swamp rose mallow flowers can get up to 6-10 inches across! 😳Talk about big bursts of color in your garden! 🩷
Great work Friends! Check back in next week for another round of Name that Native Plant!🌱
Name that Native Plant! 🌱
Last week, you all did a great job identifying Swamp Milkweed! 💙Can you identify this shrub like plant with huge pink or white flowers? This mystery plant grows 4-6 feet tall and likes wetter soils, making it perfect for your rain garden.
Name that Native Plant in the comments below! 🌺
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Great guesses Friends! The answer will be announced at 7 pm tonight! 💙
Hibiscus/Swamp Mallow (not Marsh mallow, lol, although maybe that could be a future winter one?
Rose of Sharon
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Great work! Many Friends were able to correctly identify these beautiful pink blooms as Swamp Milkweed, or Asclepias incarnata. Scott Peets even identified the bug featured on the image.
While adding color to our gardens in the summer, Swamp Milkweed is also a favorite food source for Monarch and Queen Caterpillars. 🐛 🦋
Do you have Swamp Milkweed in your garden?
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we have a Southfield boggy area. tried to grow the stuff to no avail.
This is a great plant. It pulls in lots of pollinators and many other interesting insects.
Guess that Native Plant! 🌱
Can you identify this plant with bright pink flower clusters that bloom in July? 🐝Pollinators love it and it can grow 3-4 feet tall.
Write your answer in the comments below! The answer will be announced tomorrow.
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Swamp Milkweed. And that's a Great Black Wasp on it I believe. I love both immensely!
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata.
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There was a few along Hines Drive next to Wilcox pond, they disappeared after the County did some road work.