Over 9″ diameter flowers!

With some of the largest flowers of all Rose Mallow, Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus impresses in the garden like no other. Flowers of soft pink with vibrant rose highlights surround a deep wine-red center. Not only are these flowers interestingly colored, but the petals are slightly ruffled creating a three-dimensional dynamic flower show. Dark, olive-green foliage with burgundy highlights form an attractive large mound about 4′ tall and wide. A cultivar of the Missouri native, Rose Mallow thrives in the St. Louis area.

Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus matures into a spectacular mound that you’ll want to place in an easily viewed area. Its masses of flowers continue all summer into fall. Use Cherry Choco Latte as a focal point in your sun garden, as a hedge, as a stunning container specimen, or as a showy background plant. Perfect for a tropical garden effect, it looks just like its tropical cousin, yet the flowers are bigger and come back year after year.

Plant in full sun, at least 6 hours of sun a day, although with afternoon sun you can get away with a little less. Although drought tolerant they will perform best with consistent moisture. Hibiscus die back to the ground every year. Cut back dead wood in early spring. Hibiscus are one of the last perennials to emerge in spring, sometimes not until mid to late spring. They grow quickly though, catching up fast to other perennials.