Globe Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Hills guide picksold locally

Globe Mallow is a shrub from the Village of the Hills planting guide that grows 2–5 ft tall and 2–5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms orange in early spring.

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From our guide

Village of the Hills

Upright perennial with gray-felted leaves and orange cup-shaped flowers along the stems.

Why it works here

Blooms hard in heat and drought, and the orange is unusual in a native palette.

Watch out

Absolutely requires drainage — it dies in irrigated ground. Short-lived but reseeds.

The facts

6 sources

Type: Shrub
Sun: Full sun (6+ hrs)
Water: Low
Height: 2–5 ft
Spread: 2–5 ft
Bloom: Early Spring · orange
Foliage: Deciduous
Deer: Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Occasional browsing on flower stalks.

Size, sun, water and foliage from the Village of the Hills guide; the rest resolved across sources.

Can you buy it?

Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:

2.5–4.5 inch pots

From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.