General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 to 12 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 10 feet
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

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Common names
  • Althea
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Hibiscus
Also sold as:
  • Celeste

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-07-16
Previous owner planted under tree shade, so few blooms each seaso
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2021-04-06
A survivor of the Feb 2021 Texas Ice/Snowpocalypse.  A true survi
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2020-05-27
Taken after a drenching rain.  Tree planted by original homeowner

Date: c. 1879
illustration by W. H. Fitch from 'The Florist and Pomologist', 18
Location: Home
Date: 2016-08-12

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