Tropical Zone Gardening: Restless natives of the Top End, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
This one is often called Mangrove Hibiscus, Hibiscus tillaceus, as it grows along the coastline and often behind mangrove forests. I can't see it as being a mangrove though, it's always above tide level. It's common around the northern coastline of Australia, even getting as far south as New South Wales. I think it's pretty common throughout all tropical coastal areas and is widely cultivated, including a red form. It appears to have two growth habits, one as a large sprawling shrubby bush/tree, the other with upright stems. Aborigines used the upright one for making spears and considered the sprawling one "rubbish".

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This message was edited Mar 23, 2009 12:29 PM