![]() ![]() The mallowlike flowers range in the different varieties from white and pinkish lavender to purple, generally with a crimson base certain varieties have double flowers. It can attain a height of 3 metres (10 feet) and generally assumes a low-branching pyramidal growth habit. Rose of Sharon, also called shrub althaea, ( Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca), shrub or small tree, in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Asia and Hawaii but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers. Flower colors include pink, red, white, and yellow, or pastel bicolors.Īlso Read: Mexican Flowers Rose of Sharon The five rounded overlapping petals may be broadly to narrowly oval. Even with a range of colors and slightly differing flower styles, the various types share some characteristics that make plumeria uniquely identifiable, once you know what to look for. The name frangipani comes from the name of a 16th century Italian nobleman who created a perfume with a similar scent. Waxy, 2- to 4-inch tubular flowers are borne in terminal clusters on the ends of the stems from early summer until fall. Plumeria, also known as frangipani, is an exotic tropical flowering tree with many varieties. Hibiscus brackenridgei flowers are very showy, and they have a funnel shape with large stamens. Hibiscus brackenridgei, another evergreen hibiscus shrub native to Hawaii, likes warm tropical weather and reaches sizes of 8 to 15 feet tall and 4 to 7 1/2 feet wide. The flowers bloom throughout most of the year, but each individual flower lasts only one day. ![]() It reaches 18 to 20 feet tall and 9 to 10 feet wide. White Kauai hibiscus (Hibiscus waimeae), a shrub or tree, is native to Hawaii. Its small flowers (in the centre of the bracts) are white and its leaves are a moderately glossy mid to dark green. Bougainvillea glabra is semi-evergreen, vigorous and thorny species, its flowery bracts being slightly wavy and a variety of colours including white, pink, magenta and purple/lavender. It varies in size and colour and can be grown in pots in a bright conservatory or in the garden (but must be brought inside in winter in cooler climates). Bougainvillea is one of the most spectacular and colourful groups of climbing plants, native to Hawaii, Florida and South America. ![]()
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