Malvaviscus arboreus, Turk’s Cap
This red flowering bush was growing in a small garden in Corinth where there were a couple of rose bushes and a Norfolk Pine.
I used to think how good it would be to take a cutting and grow it in a pot but resisted the temptation. However, other people were too tempted and the branches of the bush hanging over the railings soon became ragged and torn. I used to be sad to see the bush so ill-treated and sorry that people would do this.
Then one day I found the house and garden bulldozed over and no sign of either house or garden. Recently a small building has been erected on the triangular plot.
Then I began to notice several bushes of Turk’s Cap on balconies around the town and can only suppose they were created from the torn off “cuttings”.
I wonder if the original bush and roses bushes were saved from the bulldozer
So did they save the bush or were they vandals?
I must say there is also the possibility that the local plant nursery could have been selling Turk’s Cap at the time.
In the latest THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, number 92, April 2018 Caroline Harbouri writes about her plant
A BLAZE OF SCARLET IN WINTER:
MALVAVISCUS ARBOREUS