Hibiscus mutabilis
Confederate Rose
Common Name: Confederate Rose
Family: Malvaceae
Zone:
Average Size: 10’ H x 8’ W
Identification:
  • Large, palmate leaves, deeply-lobed
  • Large flowers opening white to light pink, gradually changing to dark pink
  • Single and double flowering cultivars available
  • Fruit forms as a large hairy capsule, opening to release hairy seeds
Notes: Strangely enough, Confederate Rose is neither native nor a rose. Native to China, this popular old garden perennial is highly adaptive to most soil types; draught tolerant once established and rapidly becomes a large shrub. Hard freeze kills it back to the ground. The double flowering cultivars are most popular and resemble a large pink rose.
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