Confederate-Rose Hibiscus or Rose Cotton
Hibiscus mutabilis (MALVACEAE)
Confederate-Rose Hibiscus
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, seedpods, and seeds of Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- Growing conditions for Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- When and where to plant Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- How to plant Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- How to shape, prune and control growth of Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- Landscape uses of Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
- Pest and disease control for Confederate-rose hibiscus or rose cotton
Growing Confederate-Rose Hibiscus
Several cultivars of fast-growing, erect, branching, mounding, deciduous shrubs, to 15 ft. (4.5 m) tall and 6–8 ft. (1.8–2.4 m) wide, with shiny, green, broadly oval, 5–7-lobed leaves, to 6 in. (15 cm) long, often with scalloped lobes.
See also Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
Confederate-Rose Hibiscus Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Seeds
Showy, white becoming pink to red, single or double flowers, 4–6 in. (10–15 cm) wide, in summer, form dry, hairy, capsulelike pods bearing seed in autumn.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 7–10. Tender. Best in humid, subtropical gardens.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained loam. Fertility: Rich. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun. Space 3–5 ft. (90–150 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Prune when dormant to shape. Protect from frost. Propagate by cuttings, grafting, layering; plants grown from seed may revert.
About This Species
Good choice for backgrounds, beds, borders, containers, paths in seaside, tropical gardens. Disease resistant. Aphid, whitefly susceptible.