These sturdy, stately plants, hybrids of our native rose mallows, are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, three-lobed lobed leaves to their immense flowers that appear mid to late summer. ‘Rosina’ POLYPETITE® Rose-of-Sharon has a neat, compact rounded habit and large, cup-shaped, ruffled lavender-pink flowers. It was a selection made at Polly Hill Arboretum at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. The blossoms have conspicuous columnar reproductive structures in the middle, making them appear quite tropical. They prefer moist, and even wet, soils but can manage in average garden soils with regular deep watering in hot dry conditions.