10 Red TEXAS STAR HIBISCUS Coccineus Scarlet Rosemallow Flower Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Texas Star Hibiscus OTHER COMMON NAMES: Brilliant Hibiscus / Scarlet Hibiscus / Scarlet Rosemallow SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hibiscus Coccineus / Hibiscus Semilobatus COLOR: Red PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost BLOOM TIME: Summer - Fall HARDINESS ZONE: 6 - 11 PLANT HEIGHT: 60 - 96" PLANT SPACING: 36 - 48" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Wet (Bog) QUANTITY: 10 Seeds OTHER: The Texas Star Hibiscus is native to the United States from Virginia south to Florida & west to Louisiana, but oddly enough, is not native to Texas. Its huge red flowers 4 – 6” flowers are very showy. Their 5 petals open wide in a star shape, & their nectar attracts bees, butterflies, & HUMMINGBIRDS! The large 4 - 6” palmate leaves of this deer resistant shrub are also ornamental. In nature, this Hibiscus is found in wet locations such as swamps, ditches, & along streams. You can grow them in a similarly wet locat