'Fireball' hibiscus has large red summer flowers and deeply cut green leaves with purple veins, creating a substantial clump in sunny planting.
- Height
- 60–122 cm / 2–4 ft
- Spread
- 60–92 cm / 2–3 ft
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Moist, well-drained
- Flowering
- Summer
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Maintenance
- Low
- USDA zones
- 5a–9b
Planting
Choose full sun and evenly moist, well-drained soil. Give the mature plant space in a sunny border or naturalised planting, including beside a river bank.
Care
Keep moisture even around the roots. It tolerates pruning and flowers on new growth; stem cuttings can be used to make more plants.
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Sources & photo credit
Plant reference: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Content checked . Flowering seasons vary with local climate; USDA zones describe winter cold tolerance.
- 'Fireball' hibiscus: Cathy DeWitt · CC BY 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Adam's needle yucca: Carl Lewis · CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Bearberry: Walter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Chinese leadwort: Daderot · CC0 1.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.