WHat is this pretty thing?

[MoireErin]

I think it is of the hibiscus family but not sure :/ Méraddyn sure likes it, but I want to make sure it is ok to let him have

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according to the GOOGLE it is a rose of Sharon ? So my next question is~ why do some call hibiscus also rose of Sharon if the flowers look so different? I have both on my property-confused

 

[Yvonne G]

That is a rose of sharon. Some are single and some, like yours, are double.

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Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus...same family, different plant.

'Hibiscus' is the genus of flowering plants in the mallow family.

 

[Teodora'sDAD]

Rose of sharon tend to be a large shrub to tree form.

 

[thatrebecca]

Wow, never seen a double rose of Sharon before. My DTs sure love the single bush in our yard.

 

[Teodora'sDAD]

Wow, never seen a double rose of Sharon before. My DTs sure love the single bush in our yard.

They have all kinds of new vaieties out now.. little kim is a mini rose of sharon and i know they are making a purple/blue ones too.

 

[MoireErin]

WOW! Thank you everyone Both the rose of Sharon and hibiscuses I have are good sized shrub trees Méraddyn doesn't seem interested in the white hibiscus but loves these pink rose of Sharon I am begging to think he has a fondness towards the red color family (loves radicchio, red leaf lettuce and the pink rose of Sharon )

 

[Jacqui]

Also called Althea.