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Sphaeralcea fulva 'La Luna' (White Mallow) - This gray-green foliaged shrub grows to 3-4 feet tall by as wide with shallowly-lobed, and mealy-textured 1 inch long leaves that are held on fuzzy golden stems. At the branch ends form the 1- to 2-foot-long wands of cup-shaped flowers of clear, silky white petals tinged with pink that adorn the plant much of the year.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. Very drought tolerant. Cold hardy down to the low 20s° F with some tip dieback at 20° F. A nice plant for the dry garden with a long bloom period and unusual color combination with its golden stems, gray leaves and white flowers. Flowers last long in arrangements.
Sphaeralcea fulva 'La Luna' was introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as Sphaeralcea fulva Accession# 91-183. This species , an endemic to San Quintín Bay in Baja California, Mexico and it was collected near there in the coastal desert scrub vegetation of Baja California del Norte, Mexico by landscape architect and garden friend Randy Mudge.
Our plants are from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden introduction program. We grew it from 2003 until 2007. More information on this plant can be found on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's > Sphaeralcea 'La Luna' Plant Introduction Page.
The information displayed on this page about Sphaeralcea fulva 'La Luna' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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