Hibiscus coccineus

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Scarlet Hibiscus

Form:	Flower
Size:	5-8 ft tall by 2-4 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White,red
Fruit Color:	Brown
Phenology:	Winter dormant. Blooms spring-summer.
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant in moist areas. There is also a white-flowered variant.

Propagation:

Seeds or division of roots. Seeds need some form of scarification (such as scraping with a file)

Availability:

Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Aquatic ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding)

Moisture Tolerance:

Aquatic ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Loam, Organic material (muck)

Soil pH:

Wildlife:

Attracts hummingbirds.

Insects:

Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and four moths : Pearly Wood Nymph, Yellow Scallop Moth, Io Moth, and Delightful Bird-Dropping Moths.
Attracts butterflies and native bees (including the Rose-mallow Bee which is a Hibiscus specialist), beetles, etc.

Native Habitats:

Wet sites. Strands, sloughs, swamps, brackish and freshwater marshes; commonly in water.

Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

General Comments:

Its deeply divided leaves look somewhat like marijuana leaves(Cannabis spp.).