HIBISCUS x ‘Summer in Paradise’ (Rose Mallow)

Description

These huge plants have some of the most spectacular flowers of all perennials—children love them. They bloom from the hottest part of summer well into fall with huge flowers—up to 8” wide. Many are almost clown-like,  with showy bicolor flowers.  Easy to grow, likes a damp soil. The semi-woody stems die back in winter. New shoots don’t emerge late in spring. Some people prune the shoots by a third when they are a foot tall, to sport a stockier, bushier plant.

red MSU-MF 36-42”H x 42-48”W Deep red buds are flowered by large, 7-8” hot cerise red flowers. Medium green leaves with olive margins.

   zones 5-9

2 GAL 79143

photo courtesy of Walters Gardens