(Hybrid Hardy Hibiscus, Panama Red Hibiscus)

Hibiscus is a large genus consisting of more than 200 species of herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, both evergreen and deciduous. Most are native to the warm areas of the world, including the tropics, subtropics and warm-temperate regions. Chinese hibiscus is arguably the most widely planted and beloved of all tropical flowering shrubs.

Usually woody and variable in form, Hibiscus have simple leaves that are arranged alternately on the stem. They are often lobed with toothed...

(Hybrid Hardy Hibiscus, Robert Fleming Hibiscus)

Compact, lush-growing and extremely hardy, 'Robert Fleming' is an excellent hibiscus that is the result of extensive hybridization. This semi-woody perennial has medium-sized, oval, green leaves that resemble those of the bigleaf hydrangea. This is a long-blooming plant that flowers from midsummer to frost, longer if in a subtropical garden. The exceptional flowers are large, uniquely rich, deep red with five lightly ruffled petals. The center of each bloom is an even darker red. Individual flowers...

(Hybrid Hardy Hibiscus, Sweet Caroline Hibiscus)

A hardy, shrubby hibiscus ‘Sweet Caroline’ has eye-catching leaves and bloom. Its flower buds resemble ruffled narrow roses and open to swirling ruffled pink petals. It flowers from midsummer to frost, and even longer if grown in a subtropical climate. The petals open very wide and curl downward, have touches of darker pink and red-pink, and encircle a red center. Individual flowers last one day, but several dozen can be open on one plant at a time. A semi-woody, typically deciduous perennial, ‘Sweet...

(Hybrid Hardy Hibiscus)

Compact, small-sized and extremely hardy, 'Crown Jewels' is an excellent hibiscus that is the result of extensive hybridization. This semi-woody perennial has dark green, deeply three-to-five lobed leaves that look somewhat like a Japanese maple or cannibis plant. This is a long-blooming plant that flowers from midsummer to frost, longer if in a subtropical garden. The circus-appropriate flowers are bicolored, with broad petals that gradate from white to bright pink from one side to the other. The...

(Hawaiian White Hibiscus, Koki'o ke'oke'o, O'ahu White Hibiscus)

Gracefully arching branches are kissed with large white, trumpet-like flowers with a sweet fragrance in the warm months. A large evergreen shrub to small tree from the moist forests of Hawaii (Oahu and Molokai), it has relatively smooth, drab tan bark. The foliage is long and oval, with or without some small teeth on the edges, and may also have red veins or leaf stems. The white, five-petaled flowers appear at the ends of branches, year 'round when warmth and soil moisture is plentiful. Each single-form...

(Lemon-yellow Rosemallow)

Hibiscus is a large genus consisting of more than 200 species of herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, both evergreen and deciduous. Most are native to the warm areas of the world, including the tropics, subtropics and warm-temperate regions. Chinese hibiscus is arguably the most widely planted and beloved of all tropical flowering shrubs.

Usually woody and variable in form, Hibiscus have simple leaves that are arranged alternately on the stem. They are often lobed with toothed...

(Brown Indian Hemp)

Hibiscus is a large genus consisting of more than 200 species of herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, both evergreen and deciduous. Most are native to the warm areas of the world, including the tropics, subtropics and warm-temperate regions. Chinese hibiscus is arguably the most widely planted and beloved of all tropical flowering shrubs.

Usually woody and variable in form, Hibiscus have simple leaves that are arranged alternately on the stem. They are often lobed with toothed...

(Giant Rosemallow)

Hibiscus is a large genus consisting of more than 200 species of herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, both evergreen and deciduous. Most are native to the warm areas of the world, including the tropics, subtropics and warm-temperate regions. Chinese hibiscus is arguably the most widely planted and beloved of all tropical flowering shrubs.

Usually woody and variable in form, Hibiscus have simple leaves that are arranged alternately on the stem. They are often lobed with toothed...

(Hawaiian Red Hibiscus, Koki‘o)

Vigorous in growth, koki'o has yellowish green foliage that forms a dense background for the small red hibiscus flowers that often have curving petals. A large broadleaf evergreen shrub from the Hawaiian Islands, it can become tall and mangy unless grow in full sun and pruned occasionally.

The glossy green to yellow-green leaves are oval and have a tapering form. Anytime in the warm months when rainfall is adequate, five-petaled flowers no larger than a baseball appear on branch tips. The petals...

(Confederate-rose, Cotton-rose)

Large maple-like leaves are a handsome foil for confederate rose's flowers as they change from white to pink and finally red-pink in one day. Although an evergreen large shrub native to China, it has long been a staple of gardens in the American South, the reason it is called the confederate rose or cotton rose.

It is a tall, rounded shrub with sparse branches and large three to seven lobed leaves covered by tiny hairs that make them feel fuzzy and look dull dark green or grayish green. Flowering...