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Althea


 

COMMON NAME: Rose of Sharon

 

BOTANICAL NAME: Hibiscus syriacus

 

PRONUNCIATION: hi-BIS-kus si-ri-AH-kus

 

TYPE: Deciduous

 

LOCATION: Sun / Shade

 

HEIGHT: 10-15 feet

 

SPREAD: 8-10 feet

 

SPACING: 8-10 feet

 

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HABIT: Summer flowering shrub, upright growth. Bare branches in winter. Yellow fall color. Native to Asia.

 

CULTURE: Easy to grow in any soil, fairly drought tolerant.

 

 

USES: Summer flowers. Should always be used with evergreens since it is so homely in the winter. Native to Asia.

 

PROBLEMS: Cotton root rot, aphids.

 


Double blossom althea

 

 

 

 

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