| Description | Helena Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is a medium shrub with white flowers that have a reddish center blooming late in the summer. |
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| Pronunciation | (hi-BIS-kus)(si-ri-A-kus) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | prefers full sun, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white flowers with a reddish center |
| Fruit | 5 valved, dehiscent capsule |
| Leaves | alternate, green, palmately veined and have three lobes |
| Dimensions | large over 6-8 feet tall, too large to use in foundation planting but can be used as the main shrub in a corner planting or in any other areas that need medium to large flowering shrubs |
| Maintenance | best time to prune is late winter early spring, can be cut back hard, pruning will produce more new wood creating more flowers |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Species plant native to eastern Asia. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduction by the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. (USA) in around 1970. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name is the old Greek and Latin name for mallow. |
| Author's Notes | The area where I live has been up graded 1/2 hardiness zone. With this warming Hibiscus syriacus has less winter kill of branches. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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