
Rose of Sharon
- Botanical Name
- Hibiscus syriacus
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 8 to 12 feet
- Width
- 6 to 10 feet
- Flowers
- Summer to fall: blue, lavender, pink, white; single and double forms
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, organically rich
- Planting & Care
- Plant balled and burlapped shrubs as soon as possible after purchasing
- Plant container grown plants in spring or early summer to allow them to establish before winter
- Prune yearly to remove dead wood and increase flower size
- Prune the main branches and shorten side shoots to 2 to 3 buds for an impressive flower display
- Can be severely damaged or killed in extremely cold winters
- Provide winter protection in the first couple of years, wrap with burlap or hardware cloth filled with evergreen boughs
- Problems
- Leaf spot, blights, canker, rust, aphids, Japanese beetles, scale, nematodes, whitefly
- Varieties
- Blue Bird - 3 inch, light blue flowers with red throats
- Minerva - 4 to 5 inch lavender flowers tinged in pink
- Helene - white flowers with reddish-purple throat
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