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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Year Round
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Tropical Hibiscus
  • Hibiscus

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Location: Summeville, SC
Occasionally Love Story will produce a flower that looks like thi
Location: Pinellas Park, FL
Date: 2019-05-05
Sunset Chapter, AHS show and sale
Location: Summeville, SC
Love Story has a myriad of forms from singles to doubles

Date: 2007-03-24
Location: Pinellas Park, FL
Date: 2016-05-29
Sunset Chapter, American Hibiscus Society show and sale

Date: 2007-01-21

Date: 2007-03-24

Date: 2007-07-07
Double form

Date: 2007-03-24
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Apr 21, 2012 3:40 AM concerning plant:
    HVH: "Love Story is one of the most successful hybrids out of the HVH breeding program. It blooms with our clearest bright red, offset by an equally pure, bright white. Its red is special among hibiscus show people because it doesn't darken after the flower is picked to show. The red stays clear, bright, and beautiful. For this reason, Love Story's show-winning flowers are becoming a must-have classic for hibiscus collectors and lovers everywhere. But Love Story has more to offer than just a pretty flower. It blooms profusely and continuously year round with 6-8" singles, cups-&-saucers, or doubles, and sometimes all three types at once. It has a lush, upright bush that can grow to 5' in the ground. On top of all these wonderful qualities,

    Love Story also makes a great houseplant. The bush branches naturally with a lovely, graceful shape, and it blooms year round in any window with some direct sunlight.

    All in all, Love Story is one of our most carefree and reliable hibiscus to grow. All these exceptional qualities put Love Story very near the top of our list of most highly recommended hibiscus. Love Story is the offspring of Rosalind and Candy Manners."

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