With a mature height of around 12 feet and a width of around 10 feet, even one rose of Sharon shrub (also known as common hibiscus) can easily overwhelm a small space, so the last thing you want is an ...

This hardy shrub blooms in a broad range of colors from late spring to autumn in zones 2–7 and, like rose of Sharon, attracts curious pollinators. Then, when potentilla drops its leaves in the ...

It can even be planted in a large container. The deciduous shrub, which reaches a mature height of 8 to 12 feet, is deer resistant, heat tolerant and low maintenance. Plus, it attracts hummingbirds.

In general, rose-of-Sharon shrubs grow eight to 10 feet tall and spread four to 10 feet. The growth rate ranges from slow to moderate, and transplanting is easy.

Rose of Sharon is an upright shrub, perhaps 8 to 10 feet tall. It's not a delicate shrub, fine with twigs, but one with branches that are relatively thick and few.

Crape myrtles are Houston's go-to summer shrub. But they have nothing on the althea. The beautiful small tree, also called rose of Sharon, starts each day with a fresh round of 4-inch blue-purple ...

Rose of Sharon, or althea, is a sturdy shrub that can be planted year-round, but the best selection of varieties is available in spring. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson) ...

Rose of Sharon was named for a place: a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast in western Israel. The plant growing there, the “rose of Sharon” mentioned in the Bible, was probably a wild tulip.