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What is this flower?
My neighbors have 3 bushes with these purple flowers on them all over. They are about 4-5 foot tall. We live in Texas in zone 7.
They seem to thrive really well since they never get watered.
10 Answers
- Whatever4Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Everybody's sort of right. It's a Hibiscus syriacus, also called a Rose of Sharon, in the Mallow family. It's the most commonly grown hibiscus in non-tropical areas. It's drought-tolerant, grows in Zones 5-9, and blooms in late summer.
Source(s): http://landscaping.about.com/od/shrubsbushes/p/ros... I've grown them. - lilabnerLv 61 decade ago
Rose of Sharon--hibiscus, they come in many colors and will get much larger than 5'. For maximum flowering trim heavily in the fall after the first freeze hits---you can start your own with seeds from a dried pod on the neighbors bush or just take a branch and shove it in the ground and it will take off and bloom the next year. Very hardy in beastly hot, masses of water or desert conditions. Enjoy.
- weatherLv 61 decade ago
a hibiscus, but not the tropical ones. this is a rose of sharon hardy to zone 5. some other nice ones are confederate rose hibiscus, and texas star hibiscus
- 1 decade ago
It is the rose of sharon (hibiscus syriacus, a shrubby bushy plant than can grow to the height of a small tree and comes in many colors and varieties. Propagation is easy just plant some seads from your neighbors bush or look on the ground for sprouting seedlings and putt them up, they are easy to replant and very hardy. http://landscaping.about.com/od/galleryoflandscape...
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- 1 decade ago
they resemble Rose of sharon, the bush tends to grow to be 5 or 6 feet tall with about the same spread. not a hundred percent sure though.
- 1 decade ago
It's definitely a hibiscus, looks like it might be a mallow to me though. I work at a wholesale nursery in Corpus Christi. Currently we grow 30 or so varieties of "biscuits" lol . Here's our website you can see some of them. http://osogrowers.com/
- GloryLv 61 decade ago
I think it may be a Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus(Hardy Hibiscus). We have these in our yard they are drought tolerant
Althea." Its scientific name--Hibiscus syriacus--implies it comes from the Middle East, but its origins are India and East Asia. In fact, Rose of Sharon is the national flower of Korea.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
hibiscus....hawaii's state flower
