Beautiful plant. I have two which I'm training into standards. Low maintenance, blooms profusely from May-Dec.
Sep 2009. Stil...Read Morel growing them as standards, but have not been able to achieve a compact canopies.
I purchased this plant last year and love it! In my zone-7b backyard, it was a prolific bloomer all last summer in white hibiscus-flower...Read Mores with shocking pink centers. It seemed to thrive in the hot Georgia sun and wasn't phased at all by the poor clay-mud soil.
I'd read that the Helene is far hardier than other hibiscus plants, but wasn't confident it would survive the winter outside last year. -But it did!! It filled out beautifully in early spring looking full, healthy, and vibrantly green. I can't wait for the blooms!
I must confess, though, the only reason I purchased it in the first place was that it shares the name of my dear grandmother, Helene. I knew nothing else about it (or any other type of hibiscus) at that time. I just trusted that, with a name like Helene, I'd be safe. -I was right. :)
Beautiful plant. I have two which I'm training into standards. Low maintenance, blooms profusely from May-Dec.
Sep 2009. Stil...Read More
I purchased this plant last year and love it! In my zone-7b backyard, it was a prolific bloomer all last summer in white hibiscus-flower...Read More
Grows easily from seed, can be pruned to any size you would like to keep it. Blooms later in season when all other shrubs seem to have quit blooming.