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Today's flower of the day is Scarlet Globemallow (aka Copper Mallow and Red Falsemallow, Latin name - Sphaeralcea Coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.). This Colorado native plant requires very little water. While it is extremely drought and somewhat shade tolerant and will survive in most infertile soils, tiny amounts of water, full sun and organic matter will make this plant really thrive - expand rapidly and bloom with larger and more flowers.

I found some of this Globemallow growing wildly under my ash trees and along the road. A year or two ago I transplanted a couple of the plants into a quarter circle of dirt between the house and the driveway. As seen in the attached picture, taken on Saturday, May 30th, 2009, Scarlet Globemallow has adapted well to its new location and is now blooming full force.