Coontie short-lived perennial Best planted wildflower gardens

Best planted wildflower gardens

Attracts butterflies

Hibiscus poeppigii

Blooms in Spring with white flowers and fruit ripens in late summer

Coontie short-lived perennial Best planted wildflower gardensPerennial shrub orange brown fruit. Noted for interesting foliage. Used as specimen plant or mass planting. 2 3 ft tall by 3 5 ft wide. Grows slowly. Suitable to grow in: 10A, 10B, 11, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B Evergreen. Long lived Full sun, part shade, full shade. Moderate moisture to very long dry periods. Larval host for the rare atala butterfly and echo moth. Seeds, foliage and roots are poisonous. Zamia integrifolia. Also known as Zamia pumila and Zamia