I have gobs of the pink ones. Grown in unimproved soil, the flowers are a bit smaller but more numerous. I like them in the shade. What I would like to find is the pink giant Mexican turkscap. I see the white ones here and there but never continuously.

My Pam's Pink propagate from the roots only, but very vigorously. Every one of the seedlings in my yard is red. By contrast, the native red Malvaviscus drummondii are smaller and less vigorous plants. Do you have pictures of the white blooms? I love white flowers.

I will say that I GREW the seeds in pots of the pink one. BUT , I now see seedlings by the plant. I am pretty sure these are seedlings and not rooted suckers.I have them too.

It's possible that my observation is flawed. When I did up my pink turks cap, the roots are attached to long runners that I have to sever to divide. That is why I felt that they were propagating by root growth.

I just went out to check if what I thought were seedlings were, and the root structure was long, but was structured like a seedling , slowly petering out. No one strong leader heading off to Mama.

I need to go find a local stand of red turkscap and collect some seed.

I don't see how they could have sent roots 15-20 feet and produce new seedlings. Lol. I have two pink ones show up in two different places. I'm still waiting for the white ones to bloom. I got them a couple weeks. I'm hoping with these warm weather for a bit while would get them growing and produce new flowers. The pink ones from big box store are full of blooms now.

Grab the seed off of them and put them in a pot, once it warms up water them and they will take off. I don't have routine watering so I depend on my pot nursery for germination. We had a good year so I am having some germination around the motherlode.

I do have one that is blooming right by a Giant mexican Turscap. I should get my little paint brush out and play some games. I am too busy with work. Deadlines everywhere.

Looks like the volunteer pink turk’s cap on the left has more bold pink compared to soft pink ones from Lowe’s.

Nice color!

my pink (Pam's i think) is softer than those, but i do like the rich pinks as well this plant preforms well in my yard in all conditions.....(heat, flooding, drought etc) i wish i had 10 more....oh and they may be growing beneath my plant at this moment....

oh yes, the turk's cap is one of the very last plants the deer will bother....

I saw regular red ones at this golf course bordering homeowners backyard and the deer don't seem to touch them at all. Latana volunteers are also everywhere in all kinds of colors not bothered much by the deer.

C'mon, Lou. Who would eat sour, chewy, leathery plants when you have all the green, juicy and fresh grass you soul may dream of? :D

Omar

I bought one pink Pam Puryear from a wild plant sale 6 years ago. It comes up 7 feet high and 7 feet wide every year now in Oklahoma. It dies back to the ground in winter here in Tulsa.

But I get other colors. I got a large white one but I did not like it and dug it out. I'm getting a pretty big red one at present . I am pretty far from other neighborhood Turk's caps ( several blocks to a red one) I just thought the pink one was making other colors. I have 2 other pink ones at present-healthy. They have all come from from my tiny little plant. Hummingbirds and butterflies like them. But acording to the article the red one is cross pollinated and the white one was a recessive sport?

I am so glad to see the bolder pink color above.I have been driving myself crazy as I have been unable to find any reference to them anywhere; only to the much lighter-but still saturated pink. So I;m glad to see that these appear naturally. I really like the bright , just deeper than coral shade.