The towering hibiscus bushes are in full bloom right now. Many of them are three metres (10 feet) or more tall.
Originally from Korea, and in fact the national flower of Korea, these bushes are now a part of many gardens and parks here in the Okanagan.
In the United States they are known as Rose of Sharon, but they aren’t related to roses at all. Frilly and pretty, they add a lovely blowsy richness to the landscape.
Happy Thursday from the flowering hibiscus of the Okanagan Valley. 🙂
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So nice to see the pretty flowers. With all the rain this year, my gardens and beds have never looked better. But, there is a change in the air. While I love autumn, I just want summer to stick around a bit longer. Stay well Lynette. Allan
There’s a change already? I don’t feel ready for autumn either 😳. I’ll be heading north again in about a week, and I understand it’s been unseasonably cool there. Winter may be early.
Gorgeous! One of my favorites!
So pretty and summery. 🙂
I love hibiscus, but I didn’t know they would survive our winter. I bought one a couple summers back and it would blossom every day, sometimes up to four flowers. I did give it fertilizer 🙂 The blooms didn’t last more than a few days and they remind me of the tropics.
Apparently these are “hardy” hibiscus that will survive winters in warmer areas of the country such as Penticton and Osoyoos or Vancouver Island. I’ve seen many of them around. The one pictured lives just down the street. 🙂 If you’re looking for one for your yard, you need to specifically make sure it’s the “hardy” kind.
I love hibiscus flowers. You have captured beautiful image! And recently I got to know that hibiscus tea is very popular!
Thank you. 🙂
I used to drink hibiscus tea a lot, but haven’t for a few years now. It’s quite good, especially if you’re not feeling well – very soothing.
So pretty! I used to have a Rose of Sharon many, many years ago. They are lovely shrubs! ❤
Yes, they really are – they almost don’t look real. 🙂
Beautiful. We have a lot of these that grow in the road ditches here in Arkansas this time of the year. Most are white in color and some have a pink tint.
Here we have to plant them and make sure they don’t get too cold. 🙂 Lovely that you have them growing wild like that. 🙂
Really beautiful. We had a dark red hibiscus on our water barrel a year ago. I could see it first thing in the morning and with each beautiful bloom came an enormous smile. I felt like happiness greeted me each morning. Thank you for sharing. Love Jkc
You’re welcome. 🙂 Flowers can have such a wonderful effect. 🙂
We have “Rose of Sharon” trees here in Texas, which produce the same flowers, but they are huge and, well, tree-like, much larger than a bush. Beautiful, nonetheless.
As for Autumn arriving, that won’t happen here for at least a few months, long after most of the country has fallen into Fall, my favorite time of the year…
Trees? It’s true that everything IS bigger in Texas! 🙂
Fall here is absolutely gorgeous. It’s warm and sunny during the day but cools off at night. Great conditions for hiking and swimming, and sitting outside. The weather just slides so gently into winter. But I won’t be here to see it since I’m heading north again soon, and they have had a cool summer that seems to be heading toward an early autumn.
The hibiscus is beautiful! I do not garden. I hate dirt under my fingernails, sweating, and bugs – especially bugs. But, I love a beauiful flower garden. My grandmother gardened and my grandfather added a room onto their house where she could start plants to put in the garden and grow houseplants. I grow orchids in the house and potted plants on my deck. As a side note, Peet’s makes a wonderful hibiscus tea.
This hibiscus is down the street from me as I don’t have a garden right now. I understand that once they are established, they are very easy to care for with a minimum of fussing. I like to have a garden, but I go for a lot of xeriscaping and pots and plants that work with the climate. (I like having a garden, but I don’t like yard work. 🙂 )
They’re lovely! I’ll bet they smell good too. Cheers!
I actually don’t know if they have a scent (I didn’t notice any), but they’re so frilly and over the top that any lack of scent is easily made up for. 🙂
I love hibiscus flowers. We can’t grow them in Canberra, but we can at the coast.
Aren’t they wonderful? They seem to get on well with the desert-like conditions of the Okanagan Valley but I’ve seen them on damp Vancouver Island also. I’m wondering if they have been hybridised for the differing climates.
There’s a sort of mock-hibiscus that grows in cooler climates.
That’s possibly the case although they sure look like the real thing. 🙂
Hibiscus flowers are just captivating. Especially the rare colored ones!