Malvaviscus ‘Pam Puryear’

Yet another outstanding plant introduced by our friend, Texas Plantsman Greg Grant. This beautiful peachy pink Turk’s Cap was created by crossing the red M. arboreus var. drummondi with a pink form of M. arboreus. The result is a fabulous new woody stemmed perennial for zones 6b and 7, and a terrific flowering shrub for zones 8 and south. Greg named his new creation for the late Pam Puryear of Navasota, Texas. She was one of the original Texas Rose Rustlers and is credited for finding and preserving many antique roses. This new and novel colored plant is winter hardy in our Stillwater garden where it gets its share of hummingbird action in both full sun and shade.