Hibiscus coccineus 26/5 Restock with Hibiscus syriacus

with Hibiscus syriacus

and has since become the most widely grown fothergilla of all

though the plant shears if asked

is a large native tree of the walnut family

Few plants pull in as much winged traffic through the heat of a southern summer

Hibiscus coccineus 26/5 Restock with Hibiscus syriacusHibiscus coccineus, the scarlet rose mallow or Texas star hibiscus, is a tall, dramatic perennial native to the wetlands and swamps of the southern United States. Rising on strong, upright stems to six or ten feet, the plant lifts great scarlet stars above the summer garden, an American native that looks every bit as exotic as any tropical hibiscus and proves far tougher. The flowers are the whole argument. Each bloom opens three to five inches across