The Main Plant entry for Hibiscus

This database entry exists to show plant data and photos that apply generically to all Hibiscus.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Cuttings: Cane
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Hibiscus
  • Mallow

Photo Gallery
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-09

Date: 2013-01-25
Location: Orange County, CA
Date: Fall
Hibiscus
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-05-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-06-23
A grocery store impulse purchase - the Lorelei called my name hah
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-08-07
Hibiscus  blue
Location: k
Date: 2001-07-01
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida 
Date: May
Hibiscus - remarkable color
Location: San Diego Zoo
Date: 2017-10-22
Beautiful Hibiscus at the San Diego Zoo. They have such fantastic

Date: 2013-10-16
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-09-02
8" Spectacular Maroon Bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-12-02

Date: 2013-07-21
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-05-19
Reminds me of that saying, "toot your own horn"...when ya got it,
Location: Gulf Coast
Date: 2019-07-09
Location: Wanda front entry
Location: My garden- Laura mom’s cutting
Rooted cutting first bloom
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2002-07-07
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2012-06-23 
Tropical Hibiscus (can't remember the name)
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2019-09-15
Happy Bee
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-09-03
7" peachy/orange bloom with a spectacular multicolored-eyezone.
Location: Houston
Date: 2-23-13
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2003-09-08

Date: 2009-12-13
Courtesy Hidden Valley Hibiscus, used with permission
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-09
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-02-28
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-07-29

Hibiscus

Date: 2022-06-29
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2024-05-20
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-09
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-09-02
Lost Tag - Double peachy bloom with a bright scarlet eye
Location: Cedar Creek, Texas
Date: 2020-08-31
Beautiful!
Location: Penns Landing, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-08-09
Crisp, does not wilt even on hot, humid days
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2003-05-02
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2003-03-04
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2024-01-30

Date: 2024-03-14
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-10-08
Location: Hawaii
Date: 2006-03-20
Topical Hibiscus
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2024-05-06
Location: In my 8A garden.
Date: 2017-04-04
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-11-02
Beautiful indoor bloom =D
Location: Our yard, Hot Springs Village, AR
Date: 2015-06-29
Double red hibiscus
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-08-18
Yellow Wing Hibiscus
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-10-22

Date: 2020-06-23
Hibiscus flowers with buds
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Saint Lucia 
Date: 2019 Nov
Night time bloom
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-22

Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-02-28
Location: Gulf Coast
Date: 2019-07-28
Location: In my 8A garden.
Date: 2017-06-21

Date: 2019-06-07
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2014-07-04
Unknown old cultivar
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-04-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 5-19-19
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-05-13
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2014-09-02
This plant was thriving well when it had to make way for a new ho
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2002-08-06
Location: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, my yard.
Date: 2003-08-01
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort 
Date: 2014-01-16
Beautiful Hibiscus
Location: My garden
Date: 7-21-21
Hibiscus

Date: 2014-01-20
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2011-12-05

Date: 2014-09-18
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20

Date: 2013-01-25

Date: 2013-08-23
Location: San Diego

Date: 2015-09-01
Location: Gulf Coast
Date: 2019-07-28
Location: Inside my home Pearl River Louisiana 
Date: 2011 winter
Location: Thunder Bay ON Canada
Date: Aug. 6/2019
This is our HAWAIIAN PUNCH Hibiscus!

Date: 2010-10-08
Uploaded by sedumzz

Date: 05-08-2014
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2024-05-13
Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX
Date: 2013-10-05
  • Uploaded by jon
Uploaded by thomasjones2266
Location: Houston
Date: 2017-11-22
Location: in the backyard 
Date: 2021-06-22
hummingbirds love the red hibiscus
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2011-06-16
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-06-27
Location: Punta Cana
Date: June 2019
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2023-08-21
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-15
Tropical Hibiscus 004
Location: Galveston, Texas
Date: May, 2014
Location: Galveston, Texas
Date: May, 2014
Uploaded by tropicgirl
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-30
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2019-12-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-7-27
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Uploaded by DonovanZoo

Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11

Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-08
Hibiscus 053
Location: Saint Lucia 
Date: 2019
Location: Saint Lucia 
Date: 2019
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Maui
Date: March 2013
Hibiscus
Location: Cypress Gardens, Florida

Date: 2024-03-14
Location: Gulf Coast
Date: 2019-07-21
Busy bee working and enjoying morning pollen breakfast!
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-02-28
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2024-01-08
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-09-06
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2012
Tiny beans!!

Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-04-12

Photo: David Arbour
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: In my folks backyard 
Date: 2021-06-12
sun going down
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2011-07-07
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: New York City Area
Date: 2020-08-11
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2012-06-28
Moy Grande seedling; prominent pistil and stamen
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2008-09-10
My favourite plant.  This must be about 20 years old! Took this a
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-09-13
Photo taken in afternoon.
Location: Houston
Date: 2013-02-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-04-22
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-08-24
MysteryHibiscus
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 23rd, 2014
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort 
Date: 2014-01-16
Hibiscus flower and buds
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb

Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-31
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-02-03
Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA
Date: 2024-03-07
From the Home Depot pack trials at Agriscapes
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-30

Date: 2016-08-22
We called her the beast.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2013-07-17
Moy Grande seedling
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2023-12-19
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2023-12-19
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2013-07-06
Moy Grande seedling
Location: Nebraska 
Date: 2024-06-18
Showing off her beautiful bloom
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-01-30
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2014-07-15
Location: my garden

Date: 2022-11-07
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2022-03-11
Location: Saint Lucia 
Date: 2019
Location: Thunder Bay ON, Canada
Date: August 2019
I am in zone 3a .. love the summer Hibiscus.
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2023-08-04
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2023-08-05
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2012-06-20 
Tropical Hibiscus braided tree bloom
Location: Indian river county Florida
Date: 2023-05-12
Side view of Hibiscus bloom
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-4-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-4-08

USDA photo

Date: 2013-08-08
Location: Test garden
Date: 2018-09-07
Location: Test garden (pot along greenhouse)
Date: 2018-09-07
Location: Hawaii
Tropical Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis)
Location: Hawaii
H. rosa-sinensis

Date: 2012-11-23
Location: In my 8A garden.
Date: 06-21-2017
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2019-07-06
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-08-13
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-08-13

Date: 2014-08-19

Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Hawaii
Date: 2018-02-07
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2014-07-04
Unknown old cultivar
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: Summer 2011
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-06-29 
Unknown Hibiscus in my front yard
Location: my home; house plant
Date: 2011-04-07
love this picture...it looks like a post card!
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-09-13
This photo taken after 7:00 PM. Bloom is actually darker than the
Uploaded by LewEm

Date: 2022-04-24
Uploaded by virginiarose
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: December 25, 2011
Christmas Day Bloom
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2021-11-12
Hotbiscus
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-13
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2023-08-05
I believe this to be H. cooperii, though I have not been able to
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-06-21
Location: My living room
Date: 2018-02-01
Winter bloom
Location: Canada
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2023-08-29
Hibiscus hybrid, foliage & flower

Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Our sunroom, Hot Springs Village, AR
Date: 2009-11-22
Double red hibiscus
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-11-16
Doubled
Location: Hawaii
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: My home; house plant
Date: 2010-02-11
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: April 30, 2015
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-04-18
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2012-06-28
Moy Grande seedling; large blooms can span 12"
Location: Ralston, OK
Date: 2017-09-05
Location: Ralston, OK
Date: 2017-07-29
Location: Galveston, Texas
Date: May, 2014

Date: 2009-07-11

Date: 2016-09-15
Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-19
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Halebid, Karnataka,, India.
Date: 2018-02-08

Date: 2012-04-14
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2015-01-05
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2013-09-06
Moy Grande seedling
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-08-30
Dwarf Hibiscus tree

Date: 2014-09-18
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2021-11-12
Hot 2

Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Costa Rica, Outdoors
Variegated.
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-01
Double? Orange
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-11-21

Date: 2016-05-26
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2024-08-15
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2024-08-15
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-06-22

Date: 2013-08-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-11-26
from a wild variety
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2016-04-22
Tropical hibiscus red blooms
Location: Colima, Mexico (Zone 11)
Date: 2014-03-15
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-01-28
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-11-16
Doubled

Date: 2011-12-17
Location: Backyard/Florida/USA
Date: 2018-03-15
Hibiscus
Location: My home; house plant  
Date: 2013-04-17
I had been growing this indoors in a sunny window with hopes of p
Location: My home; house plant
Date: 2013-04-17
Plant right before I planted it outside

Date: 2015-09-08
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-06-24
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-02-17
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-15
Tropical Hibiscus 006
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-15
Tropical Hibiscus 005
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 7-5-11

Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-09
Hibiscus 047
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-02
Uploaded by kingconeflower
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-11
Red Hibiscus 018
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-11
Pink Hibiscus 010
Location: Linda's garden
Location: Kerala, India.
Date: 2018-02-04
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Mislabeled at nursery, mystery  cultivar

Date: 2014-01-20
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2015-01-11
Uploaded by kiseta
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2008-05-20
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-08-01
Location: mom's garden 
Date: 2014-08-26
Uploaded by thomasjones2266
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2008-09-21
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2016-10-19
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-06-21 
Unknown young Hibuscus (acetosella?)  grown from a cutting.
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-22
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-08-02 
Reverse side showing receptacle

Date: 2016-07-02

Date: 2016-07-25

Date: 2013-08-12

Date: 2013-08-12
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-08-08
MysteryHibiscus
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2016-04-22
Tropical hibiscus

Date: 2016-07-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Cooranbong Park, Cooranbong, N.S.W. Australia
Date: 2014-01-04

Date: 2020-09-08

From bud to bloom
Location: Quad Cities Botanical Garden, Rock Island, Il.
Date: 2012-07-02

Date: 2017-09-11

Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Hawaii
Tropical Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis)
Location: Hawaii
H. rosa-sinensis (Tropical Hibiscus)

Date: 2009-02-27
USDA

Date: 2011-12-17

Date: 2011-12-17
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-03-15
Location: San Diego, California     
Date: 2015-01-09
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-06-27

Date: 2014-08-02
Location: Alabama
Date: 2014-06-27
Confederate Rose bloom and foliage
Location: Kapaa (Kauai), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort 
Date: 2014-01-16
Hibiscus
Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-19
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-04-17 
hibiscus
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-05
Hibiscus' color
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-04-24 
hibiscus plant
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-04-29 
hibiscus growing
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-06-18 
hibiscus bloom
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-22
Hibiscus syriacus
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2014-07-15
Location: mom's garden; 
Date: 2014-08-26
double red
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-08-30
Dwarf Hibiscus Tree
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-09-01
Double? Orange
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2016-10-19
Location: Groton, CT
Date: 2016-07-30
These seem to be two different types. Are they?
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-10

Date: 2015-08-28

Date: 2013-08-08
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-23
Location: Bun, Punjab.
Date: 2012-09-25

Date: 2016-07-31

Date: 2016-07-31

Date: 2015-09-01

Date: 2015-09-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-29

Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Kaua'i
Date: 2014-06-26
Uploaded by Zachari
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-16
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-06-29 
Buds of unknown Hibiscus in my front yard
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-12

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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 1:04 PM concerning plant:
    "Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are often noted for their showy flowers and are commonly known simply as hibiscus, or less widely known as rose mallow. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees.

    Many species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs, and are used to attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

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piksihk On May 1, 2022 Seeds sown
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piksihk On October 27, 2021 Bloomed
Rooted cutting - Laura mom's
piksihk On June 16, 2020 Seeds germinated
3 seedlings - Jon's
piksihk On April 20, 2020 Seeds sown
Cream pink purple - Jon

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piksihk On March 22, 2020 Bloomed
Yellow
piksihk On December 28, 2019 Obtained plant
Seeds from Alda Y
Red dinnerplate and red/white stripe seeds
piksihk On March 24, 2019 Bloomed
This is Laura's mom's from cutting
piksihk On March 4, 2016 Seeds sown
center of calm, yellow, manihot, peppermint schnapps, cindy's white (old seeds),
None germ
piksihk On March 26, 2015 Seeds sown
yellow
MySecretIslandGarden On February 25, 2023 Bloomed
MySecretIslandGarden On August 15, 2022 Bloomed
This $1.77 rescue from Walmart, was worth every penny!
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Beautiful! by vic Mar 20, 2012 11:16 AM 1
Wow by goldfinch4 Mar 31, 2012 1:35 PM 1
Something is wrong by Danita Jul 22, 2019 10:30 AM 4
Mis identified. Not Mars Madness variety. by hdawnlockhart Sep 25, 2023 6:40 PM 2

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