Description

HIBISCUS MOSCHUETOS, HARDY HIBISCUS, STARTER PLANT WELL ROOTED PLANT IN A 2 1/2 X 3 1/2 INCH POT) - ZONE 5-9 PERENNIAL GROWING TO 3-5 FEET TALL - FEATURES IN SUMMER-FALL FOLLOWING POSSIBLE COLORS - PINK/RED/WHITE BLOOMS. PREFERS MOIST, ORGANICALLY RICH SOILS. VERY TOLERANT OF SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY. EXTENDED BLOOM THROUGHOUT SUMMER INTO FALL. GROW IN FULL SUN TO PARTIAL SHADE IN WELL DRAINED SOIL. PLANT DIES BACK TO SOIL LEVEL IN FALL AND REEMERGES IN SPRING. 

SEED PROPAGATED/YET TO BLOOM SO COLOR OF PLANTS ARE UNKNOWN.

PLANTS HAVE BEEN CUT BACK TO APPROX 2 INCHES ABOVE SOIL LEVEL.  STEM IS STILL GREEN AND MAY PRODUCE NEW FOLIAGE BEFORE FALL FREEZE. IN FALL PLANT DIES BACK COMPLETELY  -- NO GREEN GROWTH -- STEM TURNS BROWN AND EVENTUALLY WILL FALL OFF.  THIS IS A PERENNIAL PLANT AND WILL RESPROUT IN SPRING.

NOTE: Images Shown are of Mature Plants