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Genus: Hibiscus Species: syriacus Common Name: Rose-of-Sharon Family: Malvaceae + Tiliaceae Order: Malvales Native: India and China Habit: Shrub Height: 4 to 8 feet Width: 4 to 6 feet Flowering Season: Mid-Summer to early Fall Flower Color: Red, pink, purple, blue, white and bicolor Propagation: Seed and cutting Zone: 5-8 Note: This shrub, with large and showy flowers is suitable for mass planting, shrub borders, hedges or screens and as a specimen. The flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. To obtain large flowers, plant should be prunned down to 2 to 3 buds in early Spring. Monitor plant for Japanese beetle, whiteflies, aphids, scale, leaf spots, canker, rust and blight. Prefers sunny to partly shady, moist, well-drained, ordinary garden soil.

Comments, Questions, Desire to Support: Contact Mo Fayyaz, Greenhouse/Garden Director, 608 262 2235.

File last updated: 2007.

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