Description
Full sun, part shade, long bloom season .
IF you are serious about some big blossoms, these plants are for you!! This plant has it all: Awesome summer-long flower show. Flowers the size of dinner plates. Hardiness from Florida to Canada. Adaptability to a wide range of soils. Fast growth. It’s a native. It’s even resistant to deer. It’s a plant gardeners love to grow because it’s foolproof, tough as nails and reliable. In fact, this is the kind of plant that any budding gardener can grow successfully, giving them confidence to move on and try other species. Unlike its woodier relatives, hardy hibiscus is a herbaceous perennial producing multiple cane-like shoots that emerge in late spring, flower in summer and die back with autumn frost. Hardy hibiscus requires the long days of summer to initiate flowers. Buds form in leaf axils near branch tips and open into the exotic-looking flowers typical of hibiscus, each with five petals surrounding a prominent pistil. Flowers last just one day, but so many buds form that the plant appears perpetually in flower throughout summer and fall until frost. Easy to produce. Standard procedures will suffice, with only high light and high temperatures needed for fast growth. Long days are required for flower bud development. Hardy hibiscus is one of the most gratifying plants a gardener can grow. Few other perennials provide as much bang for the buck in terms of flower size, length of flowering and ease of care. Hardy hibiscus grows best with full sun in rich, moist soil but tolerates even the poorest, sandiest soil if mulched and watered once in a while. Flowering is promoted by plentiful rain and sunshine. No matter how much and how often you irrigate a landscape, nothing beats good rain when it comes to stimulating flowering. All of our products are Daylily Nursery brand grown at Daylily Nursery, packaged in Daylily Nursery Branded materials and sent with copyrighted planting instructions.
Proud Products Guarantee!!
Plants from Daylily Nursery are guaranteed to arrive healthy and green. If you have any concerns or are dissatisfied within the first five days of receiving your plants, please email or call our office so that we can help make it right! Plants require proper care and nourishment to adapt to their new surroundings. Unfortunately, if your plants have received less-than-ideal care or were purchased for planting outside of your recommended growing zone, your purchase isn’t covered by our guarantee. Zone recommendations are provided in our listings.
Plants are delicate, living things and we take pride in shipping them thoughtfully, securely and with great care. However, once they leave our facility they may encounter issues in transit that we have no control or influence over. Please note that much of our plant material, while hardy, may arrive damaged or no longer viable if shipped in severe weather conditions. Exercise caution and use your best judgment before ordering during unusually hot or cold weather (below 32 degrees F, or in excess of 95F for shipping purposes), as these extremes may leave your plant vulnerable to damage. We are proud of our products and our reputation for providing excellent plant material. We strive to keep our prices fair and reasonable and to deliver to you the best product on the market, and for that product to arrive at our customers’ doors as pristine as the day it was packed. Please help us to ensure that you receive your plant material in peak condition and ready to plant.
Successful gardening requires careful planning, often full seasons in advance. Do your research and plan ahead for the best planting time in your area. Plants with delicate new roots need the best possible head start in getting established before winter, even hardy evergreen varieties. The optimal time for planting for most of our material is in mid to late spring, past the danger of hard frost. This allows your plants the longest possible growing season. Summer and very early fall are also suitable, as long as your plant is placed in optimal conditions and receives adequate water during the hotter, dryer periods of the summer. Late fall and winter are very risky in most areas, as our plant material ships from cozy greenhouses and will struggle adapting to very cold or frozen soil, or abrupt changes in temperature. This can easily cause damage, stunting, or failure to thrive. When in doubt about suitable planting times or zone compatible plants for your area, reach out to your local Agricultural Extension Office.
If issues with your plants arise within the first 30 days of receipt, please email or call our office. Our knowledgeable staff will review your concerns and provide guidance and troubleshooting, or a one-time replacement if necessary. The customer assumes responsibility for the cost of shipping the replacement.
Regarding orders placed for deciduous trees during their dormant period (winter or early spring) that fail to break dormancy by May 30th, we extend our guarantee beyond the five-day notification period. Please email or call us by May 30th so we can review your order and provide the necessary assistance. Please bear in mind that we may ask for photos- this aids us in assisting you with your plant. Often stress from shipping can be the cause of delayed development, which may be overcome with informed troubleshooting.
Plants are our passion and our business, and we take pride in building lasting relationships with our customers, based on reliably good service and trust in our product. However, plants are living things, vulnerable to unpredictable conditions and circumstances every day, just like people. We do our very best to provide top quality plant material, and with your help, we know that we can! Happy Planting!
