Apricot Desert Mallow

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Sphaeralcea ambiguaThis delightful perennial, with its shrubby and fuzzy appearance, grows to a lovely height of 3-5 feet. It bursts forth with numerous large, apricot-orange flowe rs that create enchanting wand-like clusters at the tips of its gently sprawling, wide-ranging stems. The broad leaves are lobed, featuring rounded, scalloped edges. You’ll notice this grayish plant often boasts many limbs adorned with bright orange-red flowers, gracefully positioned on erect branches. As one of the largest-flowered and most drought-tolerant varieties of Globe-mallow, it puts on a spectacular show in the warm, low southwestern deserts, especially during wet years. Some forms even surprise us with petals that are a lovely pale, purplish-pink. It is butterfly host plant to the Texas Powdered-Skipper and Common Streaky Skipper. BONAP MAP Height: 3’-5’Spread: 2’-4’Bloom: February-November Light: Full SunWater: MediumZone: 6-9Origin: Southwestern U.S. Show more