Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium grey-green leaves outright

grey-green leaves outright

grey-leaved salvia

Despite warnings that it may not like hot

The name is translated to "Soaring Eagle's Shadow"

but you can still fit a half dozen of 'em on a hamburger bun

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium grey-green leaves outright(aka: Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) Named for the Bohemian botanist V. F. Kosteletzky, this fabulous, upright native (Virginia to Mississippi) perennial mallow, similar to lavatera, emerges from dormancy in late spring and the thick stems quickly zoom to 5' tall. Each kosteletzkya stem is clothed with fuzzy, light green, hibiscus like leaves. In midsummer, sea shore mallow is clothed with hundreds of 2" clear pink hibiscus like flowers. Sea shore mallow