About this time last year, a gardener suggested I write a column about hardy hybrid hibiscus, a great plant that more gardeners should grow. At the time, I wasn't able to get a good photograph of this ...

Some of my favorite garden tools: <a href=" Hardy Hibiscus! These tropical looking plant is one of my favorite North American ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you crave vibrant color and showy flowers, plant a hardy hibiscus in your garden. With huge blooms ...

If your hibiscus has dull medium green, heart-shaped leaves, dinner plate sized white, pink or red flowers with HUGE, bomb-shaped buds (2-4" in length), it is a perennial, hardy hibiscus, which needs ...

Q: I wanted to share my experience with a hardy perennial hibiscus. The photo is my Summerific Evening Rose Hibiscus and it had 11 beautiful flower blooms open at one time this past summer! — Lori K.

Blossoms on the hardy hibiscus can last all summer. Adele Wilcoxen Special to The Star Looking for that rock-solid perennial to deliver no-full color in the landscape year after year? Consider adding ...

The August landscape can vary dramatically in appearance from year to year depending on the whim of Mother Nature. Lush, green, and overgrown in some summers gone by, with slugs and fungal diseases ...

We are at the time of year when a lot of the perennials in our flower beds are through blooming and getting prepared for winter by storing energy for next year. Of course, if we have dahlias, ...

Hibiscus flowers are beautiful. Every spring we see lots of the tender variety in garden centers. Many years ago, while on a garden tour in the St. Cloud area, I discovered there are also perennial ...

Garden centers should be well-stocked with stunning cultivars of this North American native that boasts big, bright, summer blooms. Every year during the first full week of August, the horticultural ...