Wild Cotton



Gossypium thurberi

 

 

 

Malvaceae

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Form: Shrub
Seasonality: Evergreen
Size: 6 feet tall and as wide
Leaves; Lance shaped, medium green

Flowers: White
Fruit:
Seed capsule with fuzzy seeds, short cottony hairs
Stems/Trunks: Upright, woody
Range/Origin: Hawaii
Hardiness: Zone H2

Comments: Low litter, No thorns

 

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Exposure: Full sun
  • Water: Low
  • Soil: Sandy, well drained soils
  • Propagation: Seed
  • Maintenance: Low

 

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