Some self so freely, but I read that they can be successfully grown from seed if they are fresh. Do your homework because some are sterile. I like the steril ones the best because they bloom better,since the plant does not waste energy producing seed. I have a sterile Hibiscus and the flowers are spectacular.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29