PlantFiles: Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus drummondii 'Big Momma'

Here is what Plant Delight's nursery has to say about the new, (larger flowered) red turks cap:
"This 2005 introduction from Texas's Greg Grant produces flowers that are over 1/3 larger that the typical form. Malvaviscus 'Big Momma' emerges in late spring and quickly rises to 6' tall, topped from mid-summer until frost with bright orange flowers, swirled like a turk's cap. Sticking out from the end of the floral swirl are the sex organs...and if I do say so, mamma is well-endowed and proud of it! Invite 'Big Momma' into your garden for some down-home fun. A voluntary royalty from each plant sold goes to help Greg restore Big Momma's house."