Rose of Sharon, also known as Althea and botanically known as Hibiscus syriacus is an awesome low maintenance deciduous flowering shrub. These plants become garden stars during the later stages of ...

Key Points Deadheading hibiscus flowers keeps the plant tidy and encourages more blooms.Prune hibiscus plants in spring to ...

In the garden, an old favorite that’s worth revisiting is althea (Hibiscus syriacus), which you may know as rose of Sharon.

There is a heart-lurching moment in late May each year when I suddenly notice that my hardy hibiscus looks dead. But it lasts only until I remember that this is one of the last of all shrubs to come ...

If a thing is worth waiting for it had better be good – and that is certainly the case with hardy hibiscus. If you’ve ever been on holiday to the Mediterranean or the Caribbean, you will know those ...

HIBISCUS were probably native to parts of Asia before reaching islands in the Pacific Ocean, and there are now a few hundred species. Some other names for the hibiscus are sorrel, flor de Jamaica or ...

Recently, I read an article about hibiscus. It was based mostly on Hibiscus syriacus and it was so devoid of names and so much information which inspired me to perhaps try my hand at this interesting ...

The colour-saturated, saucer-sized blooms of hibiscus blooming in gardens in the warmer regions of the North Island are proof that even though we've only recently come round to the fact that our homes ...