Growing Hawaiian Hibiscus Plants and Hibiscus Flowers

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http://www.bestindoortropicalhawaiianhouseplants.com Growing Hawaiian Hibiscus Plants and Flowers

Most of us are familiar with hibiscus flowers that range in colors from red, yellow, pink, blue, and everything in between. The flowers are quite large ranging in size from two to ten inches compared to other tropicals.

Hibiscus plants are members of the Malva family, Malvaceae. This plant family includes more than 200 species of annual and perennial plants.

The Hibiscus, in all colors and varieties, was the State Flower of Hawaii until the 1920s. It was not until 1988 that the yellow Hibiscus, Hibiscus brackenridgei, which is native to Hawaii, was officially adopted as the State Flower of Hawaii.

Visitors to Hawaii think that all the beautiful hibiscus flowers which they observe are native to Hawaii. But this is not the case....

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