When you hear the word "hibiscus," you likely think of a tropical plant with short-lived flowers in several stunning colors sold throughout Greater Columbus each spring and summer as an annual ...

Both hardy and tropical hibiscus plants need special care in fall to survive the winter, but how much depends on which ...

Few plants bring the tropical feel like a hibiscus. They are planted in tropical climates across the world and are the state flower of Hawaii. That's why it may come as a surprise that some, like the ...

Though they both produce beautiful flowers, there's a difference between hardy and tropical hibiscus plants and how you should prepare them for the winter. While hardy plants can handle winter ...

A couple of weeks ago I had a person ask me how to grow a mallow hibiscus. As I rapidly try to form an answer to their question and sound intelligent, the first hardy hibiscus that came to my mind was ...

About this time last year, a gardener suggested I write a column about hardy hybrid hibiscus, a great plant that more gardeners should grow. At the time, I wasn't able to get a good photograph of this ...

Watch the magical transformation of a hardy hibiscus plant as it grows from seed in this fascinating 148-day time lapse. This ...

No other summer flowering shrub surpasses the tropical hibiscus for glossy, dark green foliage and nonstop flowers in red, pink, yellow, orange, white, lavender or even brown and gray. And the ...

Q. This summer was the first time I had planted milkweed seeds and I had wonderful results. My question for more seeds is how do I save my hibiscus seed pods for planting next spring? Is there ...

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...