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Description
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds.
Prefers moist soils, but has some drought tolerance once established. Cut back stems after this plant enters fall dormancy.
Plant Specifications
| Common Name | Mexican Turks Cap |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Flower Colour | Red |
| Bloom Time | Late Spring/Early Summer, Mid Summer, |
| Difficulty Level | easy to grow |
Planting and care
Turk s cap is generally tolerant of all soil types, but prefers well-drained, fertile loam. It can be drought-tolerant once established, but does best with regular water, especially when the top few inches of soil are dry to the touch. It is also quite pest-free and not especially susceptible to any common plant diseases
Malvaviscus arboreus mexicanus care
Turk s cap is does best when grown in full sun, where it becomes an extensively branched and bushy plant, and produces abundant flowe If it receives full sun for only a few hours each day, it may spread a bit more and have sparser flowe
| Sunlight | Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade |
| Watering | medium |
| Soil | well-drained soil |
| Temperature | (18C night, 30C day) temperature |
| Fertilizer | Apply any organic fertilizer |
Malvaviscus arboreus mexicanus special feature
Sunny landscape areas. Borde Open woodland gardens. Grow as an annual where not winter hardy.
Malvaviscus arboreus mexicanus uses
Ornamental Use:
- The plant is used as ornamental plant in garden and lawns
Medicinal Use:
- Turk s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) is used as a medicinal herb, a culinary herb, salad herb, and is also used for herbal dyes, and herbal teas
- It produces a red dye
- The flowers and fruit make a good herbal tea, and the young leaves, fruits and flowers are edible raw or cooked
Culinary Use:
- leaves