Plant: Magenta Chiffon® Rose of Sharon
Althea · Hibiscus syriacus 'Magenta Chiffon'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
An upright deciduous shrub with a graceful, rounded form, 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, carrying saturated magenta purple powderpuff blooms that face outward like beaming, smiling faces. Proven Winners describes it as the newest addition to the award winning Chiffon series, with more flowers, for a longer time, and with better coverage from summer through fall above green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, blooms on new wood and needs minimal pruning, and it draws butterflies, hummingbirds and specialized bees. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a focal point.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An upright deciduous shrub with a graceful, rounded form, 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, carrying saturated magenta purple powderpuff blooms that face outward like beaming, smiling faces. Proven Winners describes it as the newest addition to the award winning Chiffon series, with more flowers, for a longer time, and with better coverage from summer through fall above green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, blooms on new wood and needs minimal pruning, and it draws butterflies, hummingbirds and specialized bees. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a focal point.
- Flowers
- Saturated magenta purple powderpuff blooms that face outward like beaming, smiling faces.
- Foliage
- Leaves are alternate, simple and 3-lobed, 2 to 4 inches long, with coarsely toothed margins.
- Fruit
- A 5-valved dehiscent capsule about 3/4 inch long and wide, brown, persisting through winter.
- Pruning
- Requires minimal pruning and blooms on new wood.
- Native range
- South China and Taiwan
