Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Purple, Red

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low

 

Growth Rate

Fast

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer

 

Location Uses

Shrub Border, Foundation, Parking Strip, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Cascade, Mass Planting, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Poppy mallow is a valuable plant for hot south or west facing beds and slopes. The five-petaled flowers are a rich wine-red color with a white eye and they cover the plant all summer. The low spreading stems (the plant grows about 5 inches tall and 24 to 30 inches wide) are densely covered with lush green, deeply lobed leaves; a nice change from many low-water plants. Its spreading habit makes it useful on slopes or cascading over retaining walls. Its also wonderful planted in front of a mass of ornamental grasses. Also commonly called Winecups.

Grow in well drained soil in full sun. Tolerant of poor or rocky soils. It may reseed, it planted where it is happy. Low tap root makes it drought tolerant, but also difficult to transplant. Cut back in late winter to early spring.