Red Hibiscus

I was given one and I don't know what to do with it. Right now...it's still living in the container it was brought to me in. I've searched on the internet...but I come up with different results. I really need to know what light conditions it needs to be planted in. Some sites say partial sun...others say full sun. Which is it?

I'm in zone 7.

NGT: I am with you on this one. I am trying Hibiscus for the first time this year. I have checked about every possible web site. I am as confused about these plants as a cop at coffee and donut convention! I believe it depends on exactly what type plant you were given. Hardy, tropical, hydrid etc. I think it all matters. The four I am trying are supposed to be hardy. I have been told by multiple sources that they need about 6hrs. sun and can take part shade as little as 4 hours sun. These are plants for patient people as they are late risers, so I am told. Those two items are about the only information I have located that is common to all the sources I have read. I wish you best of luck as these are supposed to be BEAUTIFUL plants.

All I know about this plant is that it is a Red Hibiscus. I had an Uncle that passed away last year. After his passing his new wife moved. My step mother dug up a few plants that was there and brought me some of them. I can't find out a thing about it, because the 'new wife' has distanced herself from the family.

I don't have a clue how to find out anything else about this plant. Maybe my best bet would be to plant it in partial sun???

Your best bet would be to go to the Hibiscus forum. I took a picture of mine when it was unmarked and they told me what they thought it was, and how to care for it.
Good luck-Lynda

Hibiscus forum...you have to be a paying member to go there...right?

Is it something that you know survives the winter in your zone? If so it's probably Hibiscus moscheutos, also known as hardy hibiscus. There are several different red flowered cultivars but the care for all of them would be pretty similar. They will die back every winter and then come back in the spring, but from what I've gathered they tend to be a bit slow to get going in the spring so don't worry if they don't come up as early as some of your other plants. Full sun is probably best, although if they get a little shade in the afternoon that shouldn't matter as long as they get enough sun earlier in the day.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=hibiscus&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=moscheutos&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&searcher%5Bgrex%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search

Ecrane...It does survive the winter here. What she brought me last week was something that she dug up last year.

Full sun it is! Thanks!

I'm in upstate NY and Hibiscus here is VERY hardy as we are in zone 5. It needs full sun, to be cut back to the ground after everything is dead on the plant. And is a late summer bloomer so shows little signs of life till June when sprout show up at the base of the plant.

Tipper...

Isn't it beautiful! Mine is going in full sun. I can't wait to see those beautiful flowers!