Say goodbye to the American summer and hello to the Gulf Coast summer. This, now, is the summer of hibiscus, bananas and muscadines, the summer of citrus and gingers, okra and eggplants. This is ...

Tropical hibiscus, the highly ornamental members of the mallow family, are favorites in Upper Gulf Coast gardens, and availability of exotic but dependable varieties is on the rise. Roz Merritt ...

The many species and varieties of native hibiscus may look tropical, but they're native to our kind of tropics, so they survive our Gulf Coast winters and can return to bloom for years on end.

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 ...

Now that the heat and humidity have our attention, so do tropical blooms. The queen of them all - the saucy hibiscus - takes the summer garden to another latitude. Of the more than 200 species in ...

When I first started working with plants, I learned a lot in a short amount of time. PHOTOS: See Amy Dixon's pictures of various hibiscus. I was selling plants and seed at a retail garden shop and ...

Late summer-blooming hibiscus plants are in their element right now. On my weekend visits to five garden centers, these large flowers won my attention at every turn. Houston gardeners can grow ...

The hibiscus delivers on all points in Kansas City and the Midwest: ... Hardy hibiscus provides great summer color By DENNIS PATTON. Special to The Star. July 14, 2017 2:21 PM.