This hardy Hibiscus reaches 4 ft. in height. The 12" flowers are white with a red and then hot pink eye-zone that streaks out through the veination to the edges of the petals. It has a consistent copper-red leaf of a "maple cut" shape.

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My 2 plants were from a 5" wide root crown I got in a trade 5 years ago. I wanted 2 so just cut the crown in half with a serrated knife. They went straight in the ground in a flower bed against the north side of my house. It's a drier area under a gable where roof water doesn't fall and it's shady all winter but sunny all summer. They sprout in March as temps warm a little and grow to about 4' by mid May and start blooming their beautiful plate-sized flowers into summer. It's June 11, 2018, and they are full of buds and have had several flowers open since June 1. I posted a picture side by side with a paper plate to show that they grow to 8". Mine don't make seeds. Propagation would have to be by root crown division or cuttings, which I've never done.

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In my Zn 5 New England garden the (Japanese and other?) beetles absolutely devour this plant. I don't like to spray (Because I'd be doing it weekly!) so by the end of the season, this plant is literally naked. It's a shame because it's a great plant, but wow. They should include it in those 'bug bag traps' and they'd be more effective :\

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