Luna series hibiscus, is a Louisiana Super Plants selection for spring 2014. (Courtesy of LSU AgCenter/Dan Gill) If you've ever paid attention to the enthusiastic plant descriptions in magazine and ...

With the unusually cold weather we had in south Louisiana this winter, a good portion of our tropical hibiscuses that normally make it through the winter have been lost. As people begin replacing lost ...

Although it’s not too late to add warm-season flowering plants to the landscape, it’s important to be sure to know the drainage when you plant. “We always tell people to plant bedding plants in ...

A couple of weeks ago I had a person ask me how to grow a mallow hibiscus. As I rapidly try to form an answer to their question and sound intelligent, the first hardy hibiscus that came to my mind was ...

A rose by any other name is still a rose — unless its name is Sharon. How this princess of August got its name I do not know. It isn’t a rose, but a member of the hibiscus family. Hibiscus plants ...

A genus of subtropical woody shrubs and small trees, hibiscus is an easy-to-care-for plant that produces stunning blooms.

There they were, sitting on a sales table among the ranks of other hibiscus shrubs, both hardy and tropical. Nothing about them blared their claim to fame, certainly not the wizened, faded flowers.

A couple of weeks ago I had a person ask me how to grow a mallow hibiscus. As I rapidly try to form an answer to their question and sound intelligent, the first hardy hibiscus that came to my mind was ...