Hibiscus

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A Taste of the Tropics! Hibiscus For Sale At Nature Hills! The Hibiscus family is a broad range of plants with enormous satellite-like blossoms in eye-popping hues! From Native Rose Mallows, to Hardy Perennial Hibiscus, to their Tropical Hibiscus cousins, you'll find a wide selection of incredible plants to suit your every desire! Hardy Hibiscus differ from Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in that they thrive in non-tropical climates, growing from the roots year after year despite USDA hardiness zones 4 to 6 winters! Hardy Hibiscus is also known as Rose Mallow or Swamp Mallow and are native to North America, and therefore love moist soil but they also take a page from their Tropical side and shine in the hottest heat and brightest sun all day without fading or wilting away! One of the earliest promoters of Hardy Hibiscus was John Bartram (1699-1777). He gathered wild versions of the hibiscus and introduced them to the rest of the world. Modern cultivars began with Robert Darby who introduced the Lady and Lord Baltimore Hibiscus and they are still popular today! Hardy Hibiscus blooms are large, ranging from 3 to 4 inches across to 10 to 12 inches across! The blooms are delicate, tissue-like, sometimes silky, sometimes crinkly, but always colorful! The colors range from gleaming white, blush and hot pink, radiant magenta and red, to bi-colored, purple and plum! Each with a dramatic red-to-magenta eye at the center that acts like a bullseye for Pollinators like butterflies, bees, and Hummingbirds ! It's unfortunate these blooms don't smell, but they are packed full of nectar and pollen goodness on their elongated and ornamental center stamen! Plant sizes are varied and range from large to more compact sizes. Even though the plants have woody stems, they die back to the ground each winter and are classified as perennials. Hardy Hibiscus begins blooming in mid-summer and blooms until the first frost . While Tropical Hibiscus blooms consistently nearly all year