Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus
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Common Name: Rose-of-Sharon  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12', 12-25'

 

Flower Color

Blue, Lavender, Pink, Purple, White, Multi-Colored

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green, Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Connon Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

Rose of Sharon is a deciduous shrub that grows 8 to 15 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide. Its leaves are lobed and coarsely toothed, and of a medium green. Flowers appear July through September, and may be simple, single petaled, or multi-petaled like a rose or camellia. Flower colors range through the pinks, mauves, reddish purples, and white. Some flowers have "eyes" making the flower appear bicolored.