Hibiscus/Rose Mallow – Summerific Candy Crush

Description

If you love ‘Cranberry Crush’, try ‘Candy Crush’! This hardy Hibiscus shares all the great traits that made ‘Cranberry Crush’ popular: upright, columnar habit, fantastic garden presence, and excellent flower coverage. 8″, bright bubblegum pink flowers have a near-black, dark red eye and are produced all over its habit of rich, bright green leaves. Use in place of a shrub to provide structure in your sun garden. A perfect addition to the late summer garden.

These North American native plants bring massive, tropical-looking flowers all the way to zone 4. Although later to emerge than most perennials in spring, these are fast growing plants capable of adding an inch of new growth a day. Excellent at brightening up end of season gardens.

Don’t be worried if your hardy hibiscus hasn’t leafed out until early (or even mid) June, it takes its time emerging and grows quickly. Trim stalks to 6″ in the fall.

Full sun to part shade | H: 4.5-5′ W: 4.5-5′ | zone: 4-9