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Hollyhock Tree

Hibiscus splendens

Hollyhock Tree
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain

Hibiscus splendens is a prickly shrub or small tree from eastern Australia with large pink flowers from October to December. It grows easily from seed or cuttings, and its prickly stems and hairy seed capsules need careful handling.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile garden or potting soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy

About

Hibiscus splendens, the splendid hibiscus, is a species of flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Other common names include hollyhock tree and pink cottonwood. H. splendens is a fairly common plant native to eastern Australia. The range of natural distribution is from Wollongong (35° S) in the state of New South Wales to Blackdown Tableland National Park (23° S) in central east Queensland. The habitat is on clearings or disturbances around the margins of the drier rainforests.

Other Hibiscus plants

Alyogyne hakeifolia · Alyogyne huegelii · African rosemallow · Kenaf · Scarlet rosemallow · Desert rosemallow · Paleface · Philip Island hibiscus · Hibiscus · Heartleaf rosemallow · Muenchhusia moscheutos · Dixie rosemallow

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibiscus splendens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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