Summer Spice® Hardy Hibiscus Cordon Bleu™
Common Name: Hardy Hibiscus
Variety: Summer Spice® Cordon Bleu™ PPAF
Genus species: Hibiscus x moscheutos '4389'
Patent Info: PPAF
Features:
More Sun More Flowers; Compact size colorful flowers summer until frost
- Hardy Hibiscus breeding breakthrough
- Large, simmering, steel blue blooms with dark merlot center from summer until frost
- 2018 Editor's Reader's Choice Medals of Excellence Award Winners at Greenhouse Grower Magazine’s Evening of Excellence awards reception which honors the greenhouse operations and plant breeders for their dedication to improving the horticulture industry
- Natural, well-kept, compact habit
- Dark green foliage
- Easy to maintain
- Heat tolerant
- Comes back from the ground every spring
- Attracts pollinators (Butterflies, Birds Bees)
Sun: Full to Part Sun; 6+ hours direct sun daily
Water: 2-3 times weekly
Hardiness Zone:
Perennial in Zones 5-9
Annual for Zones 4 below
Bloom Time: Early Summer 'til Frost
Mature Size: 3' T x 3' W
Prune: Old/dry stems to the ground in spring
Soil Type: Acidic, well-drained with mulch around the plant base
Fertilize:With a Slow-Release, Granular Even Ratio (10-10-10) Formula in early Spring, repeat as directed