The Main Plant entry for Hibiscus

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Hibiscus
  • Mallow

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Location: Elkhart Date: 2020-07-09
Date: 2013-01-25
Location: Orange County, CA Date: Fall Hibiscus
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2014-05-07
Location: My garden Date: 2021-08-07 Hibiscus blue
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Date: May Hibiscus - remarkable color
Date: 2013-10-16
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA Date: 2015-06-23 A grocery store impulse purchase - the Lorelei called my name hah
Location: k Date: 2001-07-01
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Location: San Diego Zoo Date: 2017-10-22 Beautiful Hibiscus at the San Diego Zoo. They have such fantastic
Location: Wanda front entry
Location: My garden- Laura mom’s cutting Rooted cutting first bloom
Location: My Garden- Vermont Date: 2015-09-02 8" Spectacular Maroon Bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-12-02
Date: 2013-07-21
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania Date: 2013-05-19 Reminds me of that saying, "toot your own horn"...when ya got it,
Location: Gulf Coast Date: 2019-07-09
Location: My backyard. Date: 2012-06-23 Tropical Hibiscus (can't remember the name)
Location: San Clemente Date: 2019-09-15 Happy Bee
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-07-09
Location: My Garden- Vermont Date: 2015-09-03 7" peachy/orange bloom with a spectacular multicolored-eyezone.
Location: Houston Date: 2-23-13
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2003-09-08
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2002-07-07
Date: 2009-12-13 Courtesy Hidden Valley Hibiscus, used with permission
Location: Elkhart Date: 2020-07-09
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2024-01-30
Location: My Garden- Vermont Date: 2015-09-02 Lost Tag - Double peachy bloom with a bright scarlet eye
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-11-03 Beautiful hibiscus bloom spotted at local store.
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2003-05-02
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2003-03-04
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2022-03-11
Location: My garden Date: 2019-10-08
Location: Hawaii Date: 2006-03-20 Topical Hibiscus
Location: Maine Date: 2015-02-28
Location: Maine Date: 2015-07-29
Hibiscus
Location: Cedar Creek, Texas Date: 2020-08-31 Beautiful!
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-11-02 Beautiful indoor bloom =D
Location: Penns Landing, Pennsylvania Date: 2014-08-09 Crisp, does not wilt even on hot, humid days
Location: Our yard, Hot Springs Village, AR Date: 2015-06-29 Double red hibiscus
Location: Merritt Island, Florida Zone 9b Date: August 15, 2022 This was a rescue from Walmart for $1.77, and this beautiful NOID
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX Date: 2013-08-18 Yellow Wing Hibiscus
Location: Coastal San Diego County Date: 2017-10-22
Date: 2020-06-23 Hibiscus flowers with buds
Location: Saint Lucia Date: 2019 Nov Night time bloom
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2013-12-22
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2014-02-28
Location: Gulf Coast Date: 2019-07-28
Location: In my 8A garden. Date: 2017-06-21
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b Date: 2014-07-04 Unknown old cultivar
Location: My garden Date: 2020-04-13
Location: central Illinois Date: 5-19-19
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2011-06-16
Location: In my 8A garden. Date: 2017-04-04
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-05-13
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Mysore, India Date: 2014-09-02 This plant was thriving well when it had to make way for a new ho
Location: Tampa, FL Date: 2023-08-21
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2002-08-06
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard. Date: 2003-08-01
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort Date: 2014-01-16 Beautiful Hibiscus
Location: My garden Date: 7-21-21 Hibiscus
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2011-12-05
Date: 2014-09-18
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2011-10-20
Photo by sedumzz
Date: 2013-01-25
Date: 2024-03-14
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2024-01-08
Date: 2013-08-23
Photo by sedumzz
Location: San Diego
Date: 2015-09-01
Location: Gulf Coast Date: 2019-07-28
Location: Inside my home Pearl River Louisiana Date: 2011 winter
Location: Thunder Bay ON Canada Date: Aug. 6/2019 This is our HAWAIIAN PUNCH Hibiscus!
Date: 2010-10-08
Photo by sedumzz
Date: 05-08-2014
Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX Date: 2013-10-05
  • Uploaded by jon
Photo by thomasjones2266
Location: Houston Date: 2017-11-22
Location: in the backyard Date: 2021-06-22 hummingbirds love the red hibiscus
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2011-07-07
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Port Orange, Florida Date: 2018-06-27
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Punta Cana Date: June 2019
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-05-15 Tropical Hibiscus 004
Location: Galveston, Texas Date: May, 2014
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Galveston, Texas Date: May, 2014
Photo by tropicgirl
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Coastal San Diego County Date: 2018-03-30
Location: San Clemente Date: 2019-12-12
Location: central Illinois Date: 2019-7-27
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2023-12-19
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2023-12-19
Date: 2014-01-20
Photo by DonovanZoo
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2022-03-11
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2022-03-11
Date: 2022-11-07
Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-05-08 Hibiscus 053
Location: Saint Lucia Date: 2019
Location: Saint Lucia Date: 2019
Location: Maui Date: March 2013 Hibiscus
Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Date: 2023-08-04
Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Date: 2023-08-05
Location: Cypress Gardens, Florida
Location: Indian river county Florida Date: 2023-05-12 Side view of Hibiscus bloom
Location: Gulf Coast Date: 2019-07-21 Busy bee working and enjoying morning pollen breakfast!
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2013-02-28
Location: My garden Date: 2018-09-06
Location: Mysore, India Date: 2012 Tiny beans!!
Location: Bea’s garden Date: 2023-08-13
Location: Bea’s garden Date: 2023-08-13
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2013-04-12
Photo: David Arbour
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: In my folks backyard Date: 2021-06-12 sun going down
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: New York City Area Date: 2020-08-11
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2012-06-28 Moy Grande seedling; prominent pistil and stamen
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Mysore, India Date: 2008-09-10 My favourite plant. This must be about 20 years old! Took this a
Location: My garden Date: 2017-09-13 Photo taken in afternoon.
Location: Houston Date: 2013-02-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2013-04-22
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-08-24 MysteryHibiscus
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort Date: 2014-01-16 Hibiscus flower and buds
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2010-01-31
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2010-02-03
Location: Coastal San Diego County Date: 2018-03-30
Date: 2016-08-22 We called her the beast.
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-07-17 Moy Grande seedling
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-07-06 Moy Grande seedling
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-01-30
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b Date: 2014-07-15
Location: my garden
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India Date: 2022-03-11
Location: San Clemente Date: 2021-11-12 Hotbiscus
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Saint Lucia Date: 2019
Location: Thunder Bay ON, Canada Date: August 2019 I am in zone 3a .. love the summer Hibiscus.
Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Date: 2023-08-05 I believe this to be H. cooperii, though I have not been able to
Location: My backyard. Date: 2012-06-20 Tropical Hibiscus braided tree bloom
Date: 2024-03-14
Location: central Illinois Date: 8-4-07
Location: central Illinois Date: 8-4-08
USDA photo
Date: 2013-08-08
Location: Test garden Date: 2018-09-07
Location: Test garden (pot along greenhouse) Date: 2018-09-07
Location: Hawaii Tropical Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis)
Location: Hawaii H. rosa-sinensis
Date: 2012-11-23
Location: In my 8A garden. Date: 06-21-2017
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Date: 2023-08-29 Hibiscus hybrid, foliage & flower
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden Date: 2019-07-06
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-04-25
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Hawaii Date: 2018-02-07
Location: Our sunroom, Hot Springs Village, AR Date: 2009-11-22 Double red hibiscus
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b Date: 2014-07-04 Unknown old cultivar
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-11-16 Doubled
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: Summer 2011
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-06-29 Unknown Hibiscus in my front yard
Location: Hawaii Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Location: my home; house plant Date: 2011-04-07 love this picture...it looks like a post card!
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: April 30, 2015
Location: My garden Date: 2017-09-13 This photo taken after 7:00 PM. Bloom is actually darker than the
Photo by LewEm
Photo by virginiarose
Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-08-30 Dwarf Hibiscus tree
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: December 25, 2011 Christmas Day Bloom
Location: Costa Rica, Outdoors Variegated.
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-09-01 Double? Orange
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-07-13
Date: 2016-05-26
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2014-06-21
Location: My living room Date: 2018-02-01 Winter bloom
Location: Canada
Date: 2014-08-28
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-11-16 Doubled
Date: 2011-12-17
Location: Backyard/Florida/USA Date: 2018-03-15 Hibiscus
Photo by sedumzz
Location: My home; house plant Date: 2010-02-11
Location: My home; house plant Date: 2013-04-17 Plant right before I planted it outside
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2013-04-18
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2012-06-28 Moy Grande seedling; large blooms can span 12"
Location: Ralston, OK Date: 2017-09-05
Location: Ralston, OK Date: 2017-07-29
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-05-15 Tropical Hibiscus 005
Location: Galveston, Texas Date: May, 2014
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa Date: 7-5-11
Date: 2009-07-11
Date: 2017-09-11
Date: 2016-09-15
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2018-06-11 Red Hibiscus 018
Location: Linda's garden
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Halebid, Karnataka,, India. Date: 2018-02-08
Date: 2012-04-14
Location: Kerala, India. Date: 2018-02-04
Location: Broken Arrow, OK Mislabeled at nursery, mystery cultivar
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2015-01-05
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2015-01-11
Photo by kiseta
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-09-06 Moy Grande seedling
Date: 2014-09-18
Location: San Clemente Date: 2021-11-12 Hot 2
Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2008-05-20
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-08-01
Photo by thomasjones2266
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2008-09-21
Location: Columbia, SC Date: 2016-10-19
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-11-21
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Date: 2016-07-02
Date: 2015-06-22
Date: 2013-08-12
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-11-26 from a wild variety
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-08-08 MysteryHibiscus
Location: Columbia, SC Date: 2016-04-22 Tropical hibiscus
Location: Columbia, SC Date: 2016-04-22 Tropical hibiscus red blooms
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-08-29
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Cooranbong Park, Cooranbong, N.S.W. Australia Date: 2014-01-04
Location: Colima, Mexico (Zone 11) Date: 2014-03-15
Date: 2020-09-08
Location: Quad Cities Botanical Garden, Rock Island, Il. Date: 2012-07-02
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Sebastian, Florida Date: 2017-01-28
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Hawaii Tropical Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis)
Date: 2009-02-27 USDA
Date: 2011-12-17
Location: My home; house plant Date: 2013-04-17 I had been growing this indoors in a sunny window with hopes of p
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-03-15
Location: San Diego, California Date: 2015-01-09
Location: Port Orange, Florida Date: 2018-06-27
Date: 2015-09-08
Date: 2014-08-02
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2013-06-24
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-02-17
Location: Alabama Date: 2014-06-27 Confederate Rose bloom and foliage
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022 Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-05-15 Tropical Hibiscus 006
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort Date: 2014-01-16 Hibiscus
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-06-09 Hibiscus 047
Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-07-02
Photo by kingconeflower
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2018-06-11 Pink Hibiscus 010
Location: murchison, tx Date: 2014-04-17 hibiscus
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-09-05 Hibiscus' color
Location: murchison, tx Date: 2014-04-24 hibiscus plant
Location: murchison, tx Date: 2014-04-29 hibiscus growing
Date: 2014-01-20
Location: murchison, tx Date: 2014-06-18 hibiscus bloom
Location: Middle Tennessee Date: 2012-03-22 Hibiscus syriacus
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b Date: 2014-07-15
Location: mom's garden; Date: 2014-08-26 double red
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-08-30 Dwarf Hibiscus Tree
Location: mom's garden Date: 2014-08-26
Location: Elkhart Date: 2019-09-01 Double? Orange
Location: Columbia, SC Date: 2016-10-19
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2014-06-21 Unknown young Hibuscus (acetosella?) grown from a cutting.
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2013-12-22
Location: Groton, CT Date: 2016-07-30 These seem to be two different types. Are they?
Location: Paraty, Brazil Date: 2014-01-10
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-08-02 Reverse side showing receptacle
Date: 2016-07-25
Date: 2015-08-28
Date: 2013-08-12
Date: 2013-08-12
Date: 2013-08-08
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-09-23
Location: Bun, Punjab. Date: 2012-09-25
Date: 2016-07-31
Date: 2016-07-31
Date: 2016-07-31
Date: 2015-09-01
Date: 2015-09-01
Location: central Illinois Date: 2015-08-29
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Kaua'i Date: 2014-06-26
Photo by Zachari
From bud to bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-04-16
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-06-29 Buds of unknown Hibiscus in my front yard
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2012-10-12
Location: Hawaii H. rosa-sinensis (Tropical Hibiscus)
Date: 2011-12-17

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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 1:04 PM concerning plant:
    "Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are often noted for their showy flowers and are commonly known simply as hibiscus, or less widely known as rose mallow. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees.

    Many species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs, and are used to attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

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Beautiful! by vic Mar 20, 2012 11:16 AM 1
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Mis identified. Not Mars Madness variety. by hdawnlockhart Sep 25, 2023 6:40 PM 2

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