If you have dreams of a tropical garden, you should plant hibiscus flowers. Luckily, there are several breathtaking varieties ...

No shy beauties, the exquisite blooms of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, sometimes called China Rose, conjure up thoughts of a tropical paradise. Now these exotic plants appear destined to win even more fa… ...

Are your hibiscus blooming? They are beginning to show their glorious color in our neighborhoods? Everyone loves the large, ...

Cut your plant back to within 18-24 inches of the ground as soon as possible. If delayed much longer, give the plants a less severe pruning. Then, when a foot of new growth is produced, remove 4-6 ...

There are many types of hardy hibiscus, which means it can withstand winter weather, and it returns each spring. Growing best in well-drained but moist soils, these grow upward of 3 to 4 feet and ...

Popular hibiscus varieties. Lord Baltimore: a hybrid variety with dark pink flowers with red centers.The blooms can grow up to 10 inches in diameter and the plants reach 5 feet tall and 3 feet ...

All three of these hibiscus are single-flower types and tend to produce many more blooms than the double varieties. Plants may reach 20 or more feet under ideal growing conditions.

Hibiscus plants give us more than lovely flowers. They make a lovely, bright tea and add a complementary flavor to many recipes. Hibiscus holds an honored place in some Hindu rituals, and some ...

After the breakthrough achievements of creating blue and maroon flower colors in hardy hibiscus, Texas A&M AgriLife plant physiologist and breeder Dariusz Malinowski, Ph.D., has now developed the ...

Texas plant experts started experimenting with hibiscus as a hobby, and these varieties can withstand North Texas winters and summers. By Mariana Greene|Special Contributor Aug. 20, 2018 ...

She estimates that over 22 years, she has hybridized between 10,000 and 20,000 plants, though she rejects all but 5 percent of them. ... THE HIBISCUS flower has been associated with femininity.