Hibiscus Species, Yellow Hibiscus

This was a wonderful tree growing on multiply trunks to about 15 feet. It survived several freezes to about 20 degrees F. Unfortunately...Read More, an unusual freeze in 2021 (10 degrees low for a week), it could not survive. This tree is deciduous and the leaves turn bright red and orange in the late fall.

Hi
I sown hamabo in spring 2010, and now the plants are circa1, 70 cm.
I wanted to know after how many years blooms and w...Read Morehat time.
tks

Angelo

H. hamabo is much more cold hardy than most people realize. Mine is planted at the northern extreme of zone 9a in west Chambers county, T...Read MoreX. With the unusually cold winter of 2009-2010 we had temperatures to rival a zone 8a normal year. Not a single tip on any of the branches of my two trees were damaged. Now that spring has arrived they are beginning to fully leaf out. This hibiscus can successfully and easily be grown into a beautiful tree. Until hurricane Ike took it out I had one tree that was 20' tall with a trunk 10 inches in diameter. The limbs will become long and pendulous but with proper pruning can be trained to grow more upright. Grown in full sun it is a relatively fast grower. The blooms of hamabo tend to face slightly downward. When grown as a tree it makes a spectacular sight when viewing a few hundred blooms from below the branches. Hamabo will bloom throughout the summer but it's first flush of blooms are the most breathtaking. The tree is a solid mass of yellow. If grown on the street side of your home I can guarantee that people will be stopping to ask what you have growing in your yard. It's happened to me!

Planted inground, part shade. Has survived one zone 9a winter w/o virtually no damage. Medium grower, but that may be because planted i...Read Moren semi-shady location.