A hibiscus. I was not fond of hibiscus on Maui. They grew to tree like proportions and were forever covered with some form of pestilence. I am of the mind that you just don't grow plants that are bug candy. There are too many horticultural choices to sentence yourself to chronic battle.
Just a bit outside of the tropics, hibiscus don't have all those sticky warty bugs attacking them in droves. And they freeze to the ground in the winter keeping them forever in a medium sized shrub form. The flowers are bigger too.
I like my hibiscus in North Carolina.
Ironic, isn't it? You move to a less friendly climate for hibiscus and find you like them better there.
ReplyDeleteThose are some huge blooms too.
ReplyDeleteEspecially lovely with the rather untropical companion too.
ReplyDeleteLove that color combination. I have a hibiscus that blooms in the late Fall but the Winter cold knocks it down to the ground. I think last Winter got it all for sure.
ReplyDeleteThere is something to be said for the dormant versions of flowers we love. And cold & bare is not what bugs crave.
ReplyDeleteI like my perennial hibiscus much better than the tropical kinds. The color of your hibiscus is stunning.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose