Chinese Hibiscus
- Botanical Name
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
- Hardiness
- Zones 9 to 11, annual elsewhere
- Height
- 4 to 10 feet
- Width
- 4 to 6 feet
- Flowers
- Summer to fall: white, yellow, peach, orange, red; double or single
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Protect from strong winds
- Can overwinter as a houseplant
- Problems
- Aphids, mealybugs, mites, scale, whiteflies
- Varieties
- Cherry Mojito - velvet red flowers with dark centers
- Light My Fire - golden orange flowers with red eye, 4-6' tall and wide
- Mango Daiquiri - large 8" wide double purple flowers with golden yellow edges
- Creole Lady - blue-purple blooms rimmed with apricot orange, 4-6' tall and wide
- Multi-Tropic Yellow - golden yellow flowers on compact plants, 3-4' tall
- Eye of Kali - bright yellow flowers with red and pink centers
- Golden Halo - golden yellow blooms with reddish-pink centers
- Nectar Pink - double pink blooms
- Multi-Tropic Orange - bright orange flowers on compact plants
- Black Dragon - burgundy flowers with black centers
- Voodoo Queen - pink blooms with violet centers and burgundy throat maturing throughout the day to yellow petals with gray-lavender centers with a strawberry heart
- Delta Dawn - scarlet-red star-shaped eye is surrounded by lavender to gray and pale yellow at the petals' edge
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