This time of year, you might be fortunate enough to see a large shrub blooming along the side of the road that has large, exquisite, colorful, pink flowers. People are often taken by this shrub and ...

What plant is found in landscapes but is poorly available in most local nurseries, is closely related to okra and cotton but is called a rose and produces showy fall flowers that turn from white to ...

That legendary shrub known here in Alabama as the Confederate rose is full abloom in fall gardens. And its revered status in the Deep South reminds me that even our gardens are curious reenactments of ...

The end of the summer and early fall can be a very special time for a certain heirloom shrub, the Confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis). The charming flowers are quite unique in that some varieties ...

Q. This spring I planted two Confederate roses (Hibiscus mutabilis) that I had grown from cuttings. They are doing well and are about 5 feet tall, but I really don't know much about them. Will they ...

Q: I planted this hardy hibiscus (aka Dixie rose mallow) in late spring of last year. So far it has made no buds or blooms but has grown to approximately 7 to 8 feet tall both summers. It gets morning ...

My son had a large bush in his yard which I could not identify. It was a mystery to me. A few months later during a trip to a plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, I discovered that this bush was ...

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare wrote. “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” And, although his meaning was not about the plant with thorns, let’s probe his words a bit ...