Hibiscus Archives

Guttation, how plants deal with too much water

Guttation is how plants expel excess water or nutrients through tiny openings on leaves and stems. and water content.

Hibiscus, a tropical sensation

The lively flower colors of the Hibiscus bring to mind the enchantment of tropical flowers. Hibiscus also exist as shrubs that have adapted to colder, temperate latitudes. They often gild our summer days with multicolored dream-like flowers.

Plants to winterize and how to give them shelter

Not all plants are hardy. Some are more delicate and are vulnerable to freezing. Adequate protection from the cold must therefore be provided: winterizing is what this is called.

Winterizing plants, here with burlap, greenhouses, and other shelters

Carcade or Roselle tea, a great tea for weight loss

A herbaceous plant that grows in tropical regions and cultivated up to the fringe of the deserts, carcade is native to Guinea.

Open tea ball with dried carcade petals overflowing from it.

Hibiscus Althea, a very ornamental shrub

Hibiscus althea is a very decorative shrub.

Althea, a fantastic hibiscus

Althea, also called Hibiscus or Rose of Sharon, is a very decorative shrub.

Pink double althea flower with crimson red center.

Hibiscus syriacus, an oriental beauty

Hibiscus syriacus is a very ornamental summer shrub.

Pale violet Hibiscus syriacus flower with sun shining through the petals.

Create an exotic garden… bring the tropics to your back yard

What if you turned your garden into a year-round exotic holiday setting? Growing an exotic garden lets you travel between continents without even leaving your home.