Hibiscus rosa sinensis. Shrub with a rounded shape, evergreen leaves, simple, oval, with a sharp or cuminate apex. Single or double flowers, of different colors.

Hibiscus rosa sinensis

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Popular names: Hibiscus, cardinals, china rose, day flower.

Variety: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Family: Malvaceae.

Origin: tropical Asia.

Generalities: Hibiscus are usually planted as isolated specimens, shrub hedges, mixed beds and in pots.

Flowering: May-November. In hot climates it blooms throughout the year.

Multiplication: It is easily multiplied by young cuttings in spring or semi-woody in summer.

Adult plant size: It can reach up to 4 meters in height.

Lighting: Full sun or semi-shade. In full sun its flowering is much more abundant. It can also be placed indoors with abundant clarity.

Temperature: It is affected by frost, although it sprouts again. Short-term frosts and few degrees below zero are usually resistant, freezing only the upper part of the plant, sprouting again at the beginning of spring.

Soil: Normal garden, better if it is enriched.

Irrigation: Resist drought. In summer it requires more watering.

Subscriber: Every month if it is grown in a container, a universal liquid fertilizer is enough. For those who are in the garden, we will make a contribution of organic matter in the spring together with mineral nitroflower fertilizer, and a second contribution of nitroflower at the end of the summer.

Pruning: Hibiscus perfectly admit trimming and the shapes that you want to give it. Its annual growths must be cut back a lot each year to obtain larger and more abundant flowers. Also, remove the parts that have been damaged during the winter.

Diseases: Aphids cause direct damage by sucking the sap and slowing the development of plants, and indirect damage because bold can be installed on their molasses. They are fought with fans.