Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium which arise in late June

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

Each leaf is bordered with a dramatic dark green edge

grey-leaved salvia

clear white flowers

As with all Sarracenia leucophylla forms

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Illicium which arise in late June(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