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Blooms: Whie to pink, very fragrant flower, in loose spikes. Flowers from late June through July.
Leaves: Deciduous, olive green. Height:Usually 5 to 6 feet, 3 to 5 foot spread Soils: Fairly adaptable, but soil rich in organic matter - rotted leaves, pine bark mulch - is best. Light: Will bloom even in shade, but best blooms in partial to full sun. Uses: As hedges, stand-alone specimen plants, and as occasional accent plants close to the house. Be sure to give the plants room to grow - they do get tall. |
 H. militaris  H.mocheutos  H.coccineus | Among the showiest mid-summer perennials for Mobile gardens. Most grow quite large. Soils: Most prefer wet to moistk, organic rich soils, but they are all adaptable, growing very well even in average garden soil. Light: Full to partial sun. Uses: As accent plants in flower or shrub borders. Halberg-leaved Hibiscus - Hibiscus militaris Flowers: pink or white with purple centers 4 and half inches. Blooms June - October. Leaves: largest shaped like a halberd, with two pointed lobes at base. Height: smooth stems to 5-6 feet. Great Rose Mallow - Hibiscus grandiflorus Flowers:large (up to 6 and half inches) pink, rarely white, with red-purple center. Blooms late June - September. Leaves: large and broad, often with three lobes and covered with gray fuzz; velvety. Height: velvety stems from 7 to 10 feet. Pineland hibiscus - Hibiscus aculeatus Rarely found in standing water, but common on moist or dry soils in native pine forests. Flowers: white with a red center, fading to yellow and pink, 4 and half inches across. Blooms June-October Leaves: shaped like a small hand, with five knobby "fingers", very rough and sticky, like Velcro. Height: short stems 2 to 4 feet. Swamp Hibiscus - Hibiscus moscheutos A common hibiscus in our area - found in the Delta and bayous. Flowers: usually white, 5 and half inches, with a red cente. Blooms June - August. Leaves: egg- or heart-shaped, without lobes, felty underneath. Height: stems usually smooth, often purple-red from 5 to 7 feet. There are many forms of this hibiscus. One, H. moscheutos subspecies lasiocarpus, may have pale rose flowers and a dark putple center, but is best distinguished by the long hairs on leaves, bracts and fruiting capsules. Star Hibiscus - Hibiscus coccineus The only native hibiscus with red flowers. Once common in the wild, now rare here. Flowers: large (6 inches), crimson and starlike; petals don't overlap. Blooms later June - early August. Leaves: smooth and divided into five narrow fingers. Height: smooth stems to 7 or 8 feet. Seashore Mallow - Kosteletzkya virginica Not a true hibiscus, but closely related. Common and showy in South Alabama. Flowers: pink to lilac pink (rarely white) much smaller than those of native hibiscus about 2 and half inches. Blooms June to August. Leaves: various shapes, but usually like a long triangle. Height: 4 to 8 feet. |
Red java shrub |
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 K.rotunda |
Blooms: White to bluish lavender blooms on the Kaempferias: orange blooms on
Costus. From mid-summer through fall. Leaves: Large showy: many are "painted" with silver, copper and various shades of green. Height: 3 to 12 inches high, most eventually spreading into two-foot-wide mounds. Soils: Rich, well-drained soil that remains moist in summer. Add plenty of organic matter for best growth. Light: Filtered shade to full shade: all bloom well with only a few hours of dappled sunlight. Uses: As showy ground covers in shady garden beds. |
Summer rain lily H. robustus  Z. species |
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