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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 to 12'
Plant Spread: 6 to 10'
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Hibiscus
  • Althea

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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2009-08-13
Late to grow and flower in the UK but nice when it does.
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2014-09-06
red heart ,was great for several years.
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2012-09
rose of sharon-red heart -several blooms.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-09-10

Date: 2005-07-30
By Joel Mills (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.h
Location: Maine
Date: 2016-09-08

Date: 2020-08-11
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Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: Massab Acres Greenhouse, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-07-26
Location: Massab Acres Greenhouse, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-07-26
Location: Massab Acres Greenhouse, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
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