Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium Each leaf is bordered with

Each leaf is bordered with a dramatic dark green edge

grey-green leaves outright

Despite warnings that it may not like hot

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

which arise in late June (don't call us in May)

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium Each leaf is bordered with(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