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I have them growing by my dining window where I can see hummies always come by for their nectar!
It looks very tropical, but it's not. Have it planted in a container. Forgot and left it out during a hard freeze for several days. ...Read More
Very easy plant to grow. Last year I had 2 plants in normal draining pots. This year I transplanted them to 5 gallon buckets without dr...Read More
I love this plant! I had white variety and red variety seeds I had collected and scattered the seed randomly in my flower bed. The firs...Read More
It's definitely a "WOW." It's a great addition to any 'tropical themed' design for sure. I plant ours with a variety of canna lilies to ...Read More
This is a beautiful species with attractive, deeply divided foliage that looks like cannabis. It is often listed as hardy to Z6, but thou...Read More
My fifth year! She is beautiful with wonderful red flowers. This is our best year. She is about ten feet tall and has had many many flowe...Read More
I have a star hibiscus and the leaves are turning yellow. Do I need to be doing something different? I live in South Carolina and we hav...Read More
This is my first time of growing this plant. I received a plant from my wife's friend in the early fall of last year. I planted it just a...Read More
This plant definitely needs a couple of seasons to start reaching its full potential . I purchased a one gallon plant from a nursery in ...Read More
I bought my hibiscus coccineus early last summer and planted it near my pond. In early winter I poured one bag of mulch over the base of...Read More
I started some seed in 2010, in 2011 it bloomed. I read that its hardy to -10F, is this true? I live in 6a and I want top lant it in the ...Read More
I absolutely LOVE this plant! I collected seed pods from native wild plants growing in the swampland down here in Southwest Florida. They...Read More
I gave my Mom a plant in 2008. Her landscaping guy accidentally "whacked" it off at the ground, but it grew back! This past year, it rea...Read More
This plant gets bigger and has more blooms every year. It has spread and grown so well since the first planting 4-5 years ago that I had ...Read More
IS THERE REALLY A RED VARIETY?
In my experience, the red variety is more of an orange color. However, in many of these DG...Read More
I got this plant as a gift last year, and was terribly disappointed when it "died" in the Fall. Imagine my disbelief, when I saw the gree...Read More
My Texas Star has been an impressive attention getter. Love it, and how FAST it grows. Volunteer sister plants surrounded it after the ...Read More
When I was a young child in 1951, my family vacationed in southern Florida. We saw these tall, stalky plants with brilliant red flowers....Read More
A dear friend of mine gave me a large clump of these hibiscus in early spring.
I couldn't plant them right away & they sat is a w...Read More
Zone 7b - This is a great, super low-maintenance plant. I have it in full sun, hard clay soil, no watering system nearly 10 years ago. It...Read More
In its native habitat Star Hibiscus tends to be found along creekbeds, swampy areas, and in ditches. Yes it can go drier...sometimes. If ...Read More
I have two big plants. They live on grey water from the house (all my sinks and washbasins drain into one pipe for use in the garden, and...Read More
I am absolutely thrilled to have had my plant bloom after planting it last year from a collected seed. I missed seeing the bloom on the ...Read More
My law enforcement buddies saw this plant and nearly went beserk as it appears to be of the hemp family.
Unfortunately,my mother ...Read More
I cut my plants back in late fall. If your plant is not blooming as you like, my plants flowers beautifully after a dose of "blooming" M...Read More
My plants are growing at my pond edge. When the summer rains come, the pond level will be lapping at their feet. That's OK - they are per...Read More
I suppose the category is Shrubby Perennial?
beautiful flowers and foliage, dies back to the ground here and late ti rise in the spring -mid May
It dies to the ground in winter but comes back from roots. Love the beautiful blooms!
Because I have a wildlife habitat- I tried this plant in my bog garden first and the next year I planted the harvested seeds in a pot for...Read More
My plant resides in fullsun tendency towards dry soil. I haven't had any problems with it being high maintenance or requiring an inordai...Read More
We have planted these as a border against a fence. They are at least six feet tall at this point. I love the flower even though it only...Read More
I'm tempted to see if this will overwinter here in zone 5 but don't want to risk killing this beautiful plant. I kept my "Great Red" indo...Read More
This can grow into a very large plant. My cousin in Ms has one so large it covers the storage shed- and gets lovelier every year. I bro...Read More
I love this plant. If you don't want it growing tall, you can keep it pruned to a lower height.You really should prune it down after it b...Read More
I live in Ohio (U.S.); Zone 5. I planted one of these plants last year not knowing what it was, I got really lucky to end up with such a...Read More
I was given seed for this plant about three years ago at a Native Plant Synposium in Atlanta, Georgia. I got six plants from the seed, p...Read More
I have 4 hibiscus trees. Two are blue also called rose of sharon. These have a different leaf, sort of like a leaf of a mosquito bush. Th...Read More
Planted in fall last year (nursery specimen). New growth did not appear until early May 2003. Plant is approx. 6 feet tall and 3 feet wi...Read More
Another common name is Swamp Hibiscus, I thought by the name it would need a shady damp place. I planted one in shade and one with part...Read More
With its love of moisture, this plant is a great addition to a water garden, which is where I have mine. The blossoms are large (about 8...Read More
I have had this plant for two years now and each year it is more beautifl than the last. It loves to be packed with other plants. I take ...Read More
Hibiscus coccineus is a hardy perennial in zones 6-11, and is native to the USA.
This plant has many common names including Texas Star, Scarlet Hibiscus and Swamp Mallow