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Fragrant nicotiana; tall, pale-yellow red hot pokers; cosmos; Japanese anemone; asters; spiked purple hyssops; lilies; and rose mallow.

The rose mallow variety Peppermint Schnapps takes damp, heavy soil and blooms in September — other hardy hibiscus are noticeably earlier.

We saw morning glory, alligator weed, water hemlock, arrow arum, elderberry flowers, black needlerush, rose mallow and a host of other wildflowers, all as interesting as the mythical flowers we came to see.

Rose of Sharon blooms are redolent of the tropical hibiscus plants found growing in patio and balcony pots, and to the plate-size blooms of the native rose mallow.

On a sultry afternoon recently, Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, walked past profusions of swamp milkweed, rose mallows and cardinal flowers.