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Re: Rose of Sharon

Time Life Encyclopedia:

http://www.pathfinder.com/@@iO*sZQcAAvEzNSuC/vg/TimeLife/CG/vg-search.html

(just copy & paste)

says

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Hibiscus

                      "Rose of Sharon" 
                      Hibiscus syriacus 



                  H. syriacus (rose of Sharon)

                  The rose of Sharon, a native of India and China, has been
cherished
                  in Europe for 400 years and in this country for nearly 200.
It is
                  particularly useful in gardens because it blooms in late
summer and
                  early fall, long after most other shrubs have finished
blossoming.
                  Depending on the variety, the 2 1/2- to 4-inch flowers may
be
                  single, each with one row of petals; semidouble, with
several rows;
                  or double, with numerous overlapping petals; colors range
from
                  white through shades of pink, red and blue to purple and
                  combinations of these hues. The 2- to 3-inch leaves are
soft
                  gray-green and may be of a simple oval shape with lobed
edges or
                  may be divided into three lobes. Roses of Sharon usually
grow 6 to
                  12 feet tall, with branches that are stiffly upright when
young but
                  spread broadly when older if the plants are left unpruned.
They are
                  fine shrubs for borders, as individual accents standing
alone or for
                  planting near a house. They are sometimes trained as small
                  single-trunked trees. Roses of Sharon are tough and will
tolerate city
                  and seashore conditions.

                  HOW TO GROW. Roses of Sharon grow in Zones 5-9 and do best
                  in full sun, but will tolerate light shade. They thrive in
a moist but
                  well-drained soil supplemented with peat moss, leaf mold or
                  compost. Roses of Sharon are difficult to establish when
large; it is
                  best to set out plants no larger than 5 feet tall in early
spring. In
                  Zones 5 and 6 plants may suffer some frost damage the first
two or
                  three years after planting, and dead tips of branches may
have to be
                  pruned in spring. Roses of Sharon are very late in sending
out leaves
                  in spring and inexperienced gardeners are apt to conclude
they have
                  died. They grow rapidly once they begin, however, and bear
flowers
                  on current season's growth. Some gardeners choose not to
prune
                  roses of Sharon, allowing them to produce large crops of
                  medium-sized flowers on natural-looking plants. Others cut
back
                  each stem of the previous season's growth to two buds in
early
                  spring, a technique that produces fewer but much bigger
flowers.
                  New plants can be started from softwood cuttings of young
growth
                  in late spring or early summer, from semihardwood cuttings
of more
                  mature growth in mid- or late summer, or from hardwood
cuttings
                  of dormant leafless growth in late fall or early winter.

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