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Swamp Rosemallow

Hibiscus grandiflorus

This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites. Specimen plant or background screen for wet places.

Prolific fruiter
Extremely popular
Colorful older leaves
Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
Recently classified invasive

Swamp Twinflower

Dyschoriste humistrata

Wildflower garden, groundcover

Dense canopy
Falls over easily, may require staking
Majestic
Colorful new leafs
Fruit eaten by birds
Self-shedding fronds

White Twinevine

Funastrum clausum

Trellis or fence

Majestic, sprawling canopy
Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
Very showy bright yellow flowers

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

In a managed garden, gamagrass can be trimmed back at the end of winter. Hedge, foundation planting, individual large grass clump, background screen for a flower garden. Rain garden or bioswale.

Requires protection from strong winds
Unique and prized
Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
Handsome
Highly nutritious fruit
Wonderfully fragrant at night