One of my favorite flowering landscape and garden plants has to be hibiscus, but hibiscus doesn't refer to only one plant. We are lucky in Mississippi to be able to enjoy flowering hibiscuses from late spring to the fall. These range from hardy to tropical and even two that are called roses -- rose of Sharon and confederate rose.
Hibiscuses are members of the mallow family, which includes our Southern vegetable favorite, okra. It is easy to see the family resemblance when comparing flowers.
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