To plant hibiscus seeds and grow your own flowers, you will need to identify the specific species you are working with first."The success you'll have growing hibiscus plants from seed depends a ...

Cut your plant back to within 18-24 inches of the ground as soon as possible. If delayed much longer, give the plants a less severe pruning. Then, when a foot of new growth is produced, remove 4-6 ...

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 ...

Popular hibiscus varieties. Lord Baltimore: a hybrid variety with dark pink flowers with red centers.The blooms can grow up to 10 inches in diameter and the plants reach 5 feet tall and 3 feet ...

The flowers, leaves, and seeds of the hibiscus are all edible. Most commonly, people use the leaf-like part of the flower that protects the bud as it grows, known as the calyx.

She estimates that over 22 years, she has hybridized between 10,000 and 20,000 plants, though she rejects all but 5 percent of them. ... THE HIBISCUS flower has been associated with femininity.

The flowers, seeds, leaves, and stems are all used for culinary, cosmetic, and medicinal preparations . One of the most common preparations is hibiscus tea, a deep red herbal tea made from the ...

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 ...