Hibiscus mutabilis 'Rubrum' George Forrest dense and neatly rounded

dense and neatly rounded

where the species threads through rich soil on shaded ravine slopes and wooded bluffs

so a single plant can shift through a whole range of warm tones across the season

From those winter blooms come the fruits: small

Hibiscus mutabilis 'Rubrum' George Forrest dense and neatly roundedHibiscus mutabilis has been grown in Southern gardens for so long that many people assume the shrub is a native, though the species traces to southern China, where gardeners prized the flowers centuries before the plant traveled west. The species name mutabilis, meaning changeable, describes the wild trick of the ordinary Confederate Rose, whose blooms open white in the morning and deepen to pink and then rose red by evening. 'Rubrum' skips the