"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you crave vibrant color and showy flowers, plant a hardy hibiscus in your garden. With huge blooms ...

Hardy hibiscus plants are vibrant, tropical-looking perennials that add color to gardens in cooler climates. These plants, native to North America, produce large, ruffled flowers in pink, red, magenta ...

Key Points Hibiscus is easy to propagate, especially hardy varieties—cuttings work best for both types.Take soft-stem ...

Few plants bring the tropical feel like a hibiscus. They are planted in tropical climates across the world and are the state flower of Hawaii. That's why it may come as a surprise that some, like the ...

Unlike other hibiscus, frost protection is not required because it is frost tolerant. The hibiscus require little fertilizer unless they are grown in pots The hibiscus grows in most any kind of soil, ...

Key Points Water hibiscus consistently, adjusting for the weather to prevent wilting or root rot.Protect hibiscus from ...

About this time last year, a gardener suggested I write a column about hardy hybrid hibiscus, a great plant that more gardeners should grow. At the time, I wasn't able to get a good photograph of this ...

We are at the time of year when a lot of the perennials in our flower beds are through blooming and getting prepared for winter by storing energy for next year. Of course, if we have dahlias, ...

Every year during the first full week of August, the horticultural marketing firm of Proven Winners conducts their Summerific® Week celebrating the perennial hibiscus moscheutos and its many cultivars ...