Plant: White Pillar® Rose of Sharon
Althea · Hibiscus syriacus 'White Pillar'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
A sister plant to Purple Pillar that naturally grows as a narrow column rather than a wide, spreading shrub, reaching 10 to 16 feet tall and only 4 to 5 feet wide. Elegant pure white semi double flowers open from summer through fall above green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. The space saving growth pattern enables design uses from entryway plantings to privacy screens, containers and accents, and Proven Winners notes it offers all the easy care reliability expected from roses of Sharon. Grow it in full sun with average water; it attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 16 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A sister plant to Purple Pillar that naturally grows as a narrow column rather than a wide, spreading shrub, reaching 10 to 16 feet tall and only 4 to 5 feet wide. Elegant pure white semi double flowers open from summer through fall above green three lobed leaves that turn gold in fall. The space saving growth pattern enables design uses from entryway plantings to privacy screens, containers and accents, and Proven Winners notes it offers all the easy care reliability expected from roses of Sharon. Grow it in full sun with average water; it attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- Flowers
- Pure white, semi double blooms carried along the length of the narrow column.
- 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.
- Native range
- South China and Taiwan
