Scaled-down versions of the tropical-looking hibiscus are making their way indoors, while growers try to uproot African violets as the nation’s favorite indoor flowering plant. The traditional ...

Cranberry hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella) is a vibrant, fast-growing shrubby plant with rich burgundy foliage and handsome palmate leaves resembling those of a red Japanese maple tree. It is ...

My mother got a hibiscus plant for Easter about five years ago. With care and luck we have been able not only to get that plant to grow, but to flourish. This week, we are enjoying the hibiscus in its ...

Applying Epsom salt does not produce more hibiscus blooms and can even be harmful. Epsom salt adds magnesium to the soil and should not be applied without a soil test. For a prolific hibiscus bloom, ...

This has been the year of the hibiscus at The Garden Guy's house. The tropical selections like South Pacific Sipper, Monsoon Mixer, Hawaiian Big Kahuna, and Fiesta. The past few weeks it is the Holy ...

Here's my recipe for a spectacular Gulf Coast summer garden: Take hibiscus. Mix them with anything, or savor them all alone. The Gulf Coast is made for hibiscus, and Mobile is a city literally built ...

Q. I have a hibiscus I call a ruffled bloom (others call it a double bloom) that has bloomed profusely for the last three years. It is blooming again this year, but the blooms are now single flowers.

At this time of year, I’m always grateful for the profusion of pure white flowers at the front of my house produced by the large Hibiscus syriacus, also known as rose of Sharon. Every spring my heart ...

Hibiscus flowers are beautiful on the bush. But do you really take full advantage of them as cut flowers? Pat Merritt of the American Hibiscus Society, Lone Star Chapter picks unopened buds early in ...

A bowl full of fragrant, wholesome, colourful and soggy fruity-floral paste; a gentle touch of massage all over the face (cheeks, nose, chin and the forehead except the eyes and the lips), shoulders ...

Are your hibiscus blooming? They are beginning to show their glorious color in our neighborhoods. Everyone loves the large, flamboyant blooms of the hibiscus plant, which add bright color to any yard.