How to grow Rose of Sharon plants
by W. Diane Van Zwol
Created on: August 09, 2008

Immortality: The Rose Of Sharon

One of my most challenging and rewarding landscaping experiences, was an attempt to grow Rose of Sharon plants. I actually succeeded, much to my own amazement! How often I recall photographing an ant sipping rain water, at the heart of one beautiful flower on my Rose of Sharon shrub, shortly after a summer shower.

The Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus), is a vase shaped plant, from the genus Hibiscus and the plant family Malvaceae. (1) The flowering shrub grows to approximately two to four meters in height, with flowers that may be white, pink, red, lavender, or purple. They are edible and are excellent as cut flowers, because they last for a long time. Some of the more common cultivars, or cuttings that have been grown into shrubs are called Diana, Lady Stanley, Ardens, Lucy and Blushing Bride. (2) The Hibiscus syriacus is also known as the Rose of Althea. (3)

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