Seeds for Hibiscus Plants

3371 Mahogany Splendor ( Hibiscus acetosa )

Mahogany Splendor features deep burgundy, maple-shaped leaves with serrated edges,an attractive look similar to a Japanese Maple. Ideally suited to the landscape, this drought and heat resistant variety also combines well in containers with other vigorous sun loving plants. Deep burgundy foliage, powerful landscape plant, scarified seed, 27″ spread. 36″ tall, grow as an annual, matures in 12 weeks from seed.

LET388 Hibiscus Trionum

If you enjoy large, dramatic flowers in the landscape, you will want to start Hibiscus seeds! This Hibiscus plant grows as an annual, but in frost free zones or if wintered indoors, will grow as a perennial. It provides exotic, large 3-4 inch silvery blooms with chocolate-purple centers. These large, showing blooms are short-lived but constantly are being replaced with fresh, new blooms. Heat tolerant and a lover of full sun, this well-branched, bushy plant is a stand out in the summer garden! Has a compact form growing only about 14-20 inches tall.

LET153 Luna White

Luna White is a gorgeous addition to the hibiscus collection. The flowers are 8 inches across! It has a beautiful white flower whose petals are attached creating an appearance of a continuous petal with a ruby eye in the center and showy yellow stamens. This type of hibiscus is also sometimes known as Dinner Plate Hibiscus for its flat shaped flowers. These flowers will continue to bloom all summer into the fall until frost giving your garden an amazing display. The plant itself is bushy and compact, therefore making it great for small space gardens. Even better this plant is very low maintenance and heat tolerant. For colder climates make sure to mulch heavily in the winter to ensure re-emergence the next year. A wonderful butterfly attractant! Use as a single specimen or in a container for a patio garden. Zones 4-9.

LET457 Sunset Hibiscus ( Abelmoschus manihot )

(Huang shu kui; Yellow sichuan mallow) Beautiful yellow flower with surprising uses. Chinese herb used for kidney disease, scalds, burns, fractures, bleeding wounds, constipation, and urinary tract infection. Studies have shown that the flowers are very effective in treating certain forms of chronic kidney disease, particularly when proteinuria (excess protein in urine) is involved. The flowers and the seeds are used to improve lactation in mothers who cannot produce milk consistently.
A recent study showed that an extract made from the seeds is a potent aphrodisiac, proving to be as effective as Viagra in mice. The beautiful large yellow flowers are edible and in China they are added to soups just before serving. The Chinese also boil the roots with pork to make a broth. Easy fast-growing garden plant for sunny or partly shaded areas. Where it is not winter hardy it can easily be grown as an annual. Keep well watered; soil must be consistently moist.
A perennial for zones 8-11

W241 Disco Belle Pink

Pastel Pink. Flowers are pink on the edges fading to white with a deep pinkish-red central eye. Smashing 9″ wide disc-shaped flower, stout specimen plants. Zones 4-9.

FA106 Disco Belle Rosy Red

This color rarely produces but this is its lucky year, dazzling
rosy red flowers to 9″ wide, order early, sells out each year,
prescarified seed for reliable germination. Grows about 25″
tall, hardy to zone 4.

SF102 Luna Rose

Luna Rose is a gorgeous addition to the hibiscus collection. The flowers are 8 inches across! It has a breathtaking deep pink colored flower whose petals are attached creating an appearance of a continuous petal with a ruby eye in the center and showy yellow stamens. This type of hibiscus is also sometimes known as Dinner Plate Hibiscus for its flat shaped flowers. These flowers will continue to bloom all summer into the fall until frost giving your garden an amazing display. The plant itself is bushy and compact, therefore making it great for small space gardens. Even better this plant is very low maintenance and heat tolerant. For colder climates make sure to mulch heavily in the winter to ensure re-emergence the next year. A wonderful butterfly attractant! Use as a single specimen or in a container for a patio garden. Zones 4-9.

IP221 Luna Red

Dinner plate sized flowers measuring 7-8 inches across are bright burgundy-red. The compact, bushy plants are relatively short in stature, making them perfect for growing in containers. This cultivar has been reported as being heat and drought tolerant. The plant itself is bushy and compact, therefore making it great for small space gardens.
Even better this plant is very low maintenance and heat tolerant. For colder climates make sure to mulch heavily in the winter to ensure re-emergence the next year. A wonderful butterfly attractant! Use as a single specimen or in a container for a patio garden.Zones 4-9.

LET425 Thai Red Roselle ( Hibiscus sabdariffa )

Beautiful 3-5 ft. plants with red stems and leaf veins. The bright red calyxes can be used to make “zingy” tea, sauce, syrup, or jam, or candied whole for an unusual treat. For strongly flavored teas, simmer for 10-20 minutes. Citrus-flavored flowers are delicious on frozen desserts.
Roselle was called “Florida cranberry” in the 1890s.
In the Caribbean, sorrel drink is made from sepals of the roselle. It is prepared by boiling dried sepals and calyces of the sorrel/flower of the plant in water for 8 to 10 minutes (or until the water turns red), then adding sugar. It is often served chilled. This is done in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada,and Jamaica where it is called ‘sorrel’.
In the UK, the dried calyces and ready-made sorrel syrup are widely and cheaply available in Caribbean and Asian grocers. The fresh calyces are imported mainly during December and January to make Christmas and New Year infusions, which are often made into cocktails with rum.
Rosella flowers are sold as Wild Hibiscus flowers in syrup in Australia as a gourmet product. Recipes include filling them with goats cheese; serving them on baguette slices baked with brie; and placing one plus a little syrup in a champagne flute before adding the champagne, the bubbles cause the flower to open.
In Nigeria, rosella jam has been made since colonial times and is still sold regularly at community fetes and charity stalls. It is similar in flavour to plum jam, although more acidic. It differs from other jams in that the pectin is obtained from boiling the interior buds of the rosella flowers. It is thus possible to make rosella jam with nothing but rosella buds and sugar.

In Burma, the buds of the roselle are made into ‘preserved fruits’ or jams. Depending on the method and the preference, the seeds are removed or included. The jams, made from roselle buds and sugar, are red and tangy.

In India, Roselle is commonly made into a type of pickle. “Sorrel jelly” is manufactured in Trinidad.
The flowers and young leaves are edible and have a citrus tang. Space plants 3-6 ft. apart, the wider the spacing, the more calyxes will ripen.
Frost-tender perennial. Germination: 75-85°F, 7-14 days. Transplant after last frost. Full sun. 36-60 in. tall.

3602 Kenaf ( Hibiscus canniabinus )

We tried this plant as a background plant last year and were blown away by how fast it grew, the number of flowers it had, and the amount of attention it got. Already several newspapers have printed paper produced from this plant. Its an annual fiber crop (stems resemble bamboo). In 150 days it may reach 18′( we had several of ours grow over 20 feet tall!).
We grew it to to hide a pump house near one of our greenhouses, the structure totally disappeared behind these plants. It produces creamy white flowers and usually palmately compound leave with some resembling a Marajuana leaf, ,but some are round entie leaves Its paper quality is proving to be equal or superior to today’ traditional newspapers. Numerous uses are yet being found.
In warmer regions it may be grown as a wind shelter or as a living fence. It has use as a forage crop, in roof matting, particle board, etc.if grown in the landscape, or as an indoor ornamental it would not go unnoticed.