Convince me otherwise, but I’ve never had much appreciation for Rose of Sharon.

Their blooms, mostly in shades of pink, arrive in late summer when little else is blooming.

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Their teacup-sized blooms are a magnet for bees and butterflies.

Their flowers last longer than most flowering shrubs, with first buds opening in mid-August, finally giving up in late September.

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is closely related to the perennial hibiscus, often called hollyhocks, producing dinner plate-sized blooms in mid-summer. The third relative is a popular tropical plant that will need to be brought indoors for winter.

If left unattended, Rose of Sharon will become a tall, leggy plant, reaching heights of three or four metres.

Its overall shape is like a cone, wider on t

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