
Hardy Hibiscus
- Botanical Name
- Hibiscus moscheutos
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 3 to 8 feet, most are about 5 feet
- Width
- 2 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- Midsummer to frost: 6 to 12 inches; red, white, pink, bicolor
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, high in organic matter
- Planting & Care
- Leaves may scorch in dry soils
- Pinch back growing tips when they reach 8 inches and again at 12 inches if fuller growth is desired
- New growth is slow to emerge in spring
- Does well along ponds or streams
- Problems
- Japanese beetles, leaf spot, canker, rust, blight, aphids, whitefly, scale
- Varieties
- Luna Red - 2 to 3 feet, deep burgundy red flowers measure 6 to 8 inches
- Lord Baltimore - 4 to 5 feet, red flowers up to 10 inches
- Pink Elephant - 12 inch medium pink flowers sport a deep red eye
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