One plant that flourishes in the heat and makes a beautiful display is the hibiscus. These plants are responding to the recent rains and rewarding us with colorful, tropical flowers. Our mild winter ...

Now that the heat and humidity have our attention, so do tropical blooms. The queen of them all - the saucy hibiscus - takes the summer garden to another latitude. Of the more than 200 species in the ...

Tropical hibiscus have large, flamboyantly colored and somewhat trumpet-shaped flowers, with stamens so long they protrude beyond the bloom. They come in a range of colors: yellow, orange, red, pink ...

After the breakthrough achievements of creating blue and maroon flower colors in hardy hibiscus, Texas A&M AgriLife plant physiologist and breeder Dariusz Malinowski, Ph.D., has now developed the ...

Having grown up in the Northeast, I’ve always looked forward to March as the gateway to spring. While the earth up North may still have snow upon it and the air brisk with a chill, in sunny Florida we ...

Blossoms on the hardy hibiscus can last all summer. Adele Wilcoxen Special to The Star Looking for that rock-solid perennial to deliver no-full color in the landscape year after year? Consider adding ...

The brilliant color of the hibiscus is associated with hot climates, but we in Northeast Ohio can enjoy a relative of the tropical hibiscus, called hardy hibiscus. These flowers give huge, colorful ...

At a garden and patio show I was speaking at this spring, there was a new group of hibiscus that made its debut and wowed everyone. Called Cajun hibiscus, this series comes in colors you only dreamed ...

CHICAGO — WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to harvest tomato seeds, how hibiscus flowers get their colors and more. Got any questions for Tim?

Roger Friend and Jerry Miller were admiring a single Marilyn Monroe on Thursday afternoon. No mere garden variety flower, Marilyn Monroe is just one of the hundreds of hibiscus hybrids Friend and ...

Sandra Barr sat at her breakfast table one morning, looking out into her garden. She watched, mesmerized, as a bud on one of her many hybrid hibiscus plants began to unfurl. “Right then and there, I ...

LEGO Hibiscus is one of the newest offerings in the company's Botanicals Collection. Is the bold and blossoming $69.99 set worth the price?