American Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Bourbon Cotton, Golden Cotton

I was surprised to see how attractive this cotton plant was at the New York Botanic gardens.

This plant is grown as a large (6 ft x 6 ft) ornamental plant in "The Range of the Jaguar" exhibit at the Jacksonville (Florida) Zoo and ...Read MoreGardens.

Jeremy

This is supposed to be the (or a) variety of cotton grown by the Native Americans of Arizona for many hundreds - if not a thousand or mor...Read Moree - years. Apparently seeds are not short-lived. I grew a plant in 2005 from seeds that were packaged for 2001.

I found this plant growing in a community garden. This speciman was about 7' tall and just as wide.
The plant had both yellow an...Read Mored red flowers as well as several blooms of cotton all at the same time.
This is a Florida native and it's status is endangered.