Tropical hibiscus likes hot weather and provides vibrant flowers in summer, but it will not survive a winter outside in Chicago.

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants that includes hundreds of species and even more man-made hybrids and cultivars. Part of the mallow family, hibiscus plants are known for their upright growth ...

An old Hibiscus has The Garden Guy under a magical spell this year for a couple of reasons. Now when I say I old I’m not talking about a specific plant but a variety of plants. Fiesta made its debut ...

Last spring, I planted a firebush (Hamelia patens) in the sunny spot outside my kitchen window. I put it exactly in line with the place I gaze out the window while cooking or having coffee. It is the ...

Hibiscus plants come in many forms, and some are better suited to winter than others. Either way, there are precautions you can take to keep them healthy.

Dear Roger: This past summer, I purchased two new plants for my yard. The oak leaf hibiscus was bought from a nursery in Robbins. The other one, which I was told is a tibouchina, from a nursery in ...

Some plants have tiny subtle flowers, so small and hidden you have to seek them out to enjoy them amidst the foliage. Hibiscus is not one of these plants. The flowers of hibiscus are big, brilliant, ...

I don’t normally believe people who move to Florida do so because of the wonderful botanicals we are able to grow here. I know I moved here for a job, but the perks of a frost-free area and sunshine ...

There are hundreds of types of hibiscus with sizes and colors so varied it would take a lifetime to collect them all. The name of this gorgeous flowering plant comes from the ancient Greek word ...

Now that the heat and humidity have our attention, so do tropical blooms. The queen of them all - the saucy hibiscus - takes the summer garden to another latitude. Of the more than 200 species in the ...

A lavender “dinner plate” hibiscus, one of Jill Coryell’s hybrids, grows in the luau garden at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki. Many other plants will be featured at Foster Garden’s Spring Plant Sale.

Pinkish-red hibiscus flower with long yellow stamen and green foliage. - Anhie13/Shutterstock Hibiscus, the glamour queen of the garden, unfurls its short-lived blooms in variations of red, yellow, ...