“I knew that creating orange and yellow pigments in hardy hibiscus flowers would be much more difficult than the blue pigment because there were no candidate parents with even remotely promising ...

From tropical to hardy hibiscus, there is a variety for every climateReviewed by Debra LaGattutaAlthough many people associate hibiscus with tropical or subtropical regions, it also grows in temperate ...

hibiscus flowers have many special cultural meanings and uses. In fact, Hibiscus brackenridgei, a yellow species endemic to the Islands, is the state flower. Known in native Hawaiian as ma’o hau ...

Hibiscus flowers can grow as large as 6 inches ... They exist in many colors, but hues of purple, blue and yellow are most common. They have five overlapping petals with a dark area in the ...

The plant’s grandiose blossoms are as dazzling as they are ephemeral — and, in an age of shortened attention spans, they’re having a resurgence. By Amanda Fortini “COLLECTING CAN BE a ...