Plant: Paraplu Pink Ink® Rose of Sharon
Althea · Hibiscus syriacus 'Paraplu Pink Ink'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
A hybrid rose of Sharon with an elegant, graceful upright form, 5 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, producing very large and very showy white flowers with star like pink centers from summer through fall. Individual blooms last a single day, but the plant keeps producing buds so colour continues for months above deep green three lobed foliage. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, needs minimal pruning, and attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a focal point.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A hybrid rose of Sharon with an elegant, graceful upright form, 5 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, producing very large and very showy white flowers with star like pink centers from summer through fall. Individual blooms last a single day, but the plant keeps producing buds so colour continues for months above deep green three lobed foliage. It is easy to grow in full sun with average water, needs minimal pruning, and attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Use it as a border plant, a screen, a mass planting or a focal point.
- Flowers
- Very large, very showy white flowers with a star like pink center.
- 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
- Needs minimal pruning; prune in early spring if desired.
- Native range
- South China and Taiwan
