Hibiscus sinosyriacus
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This species, described in 1922, is allied to H. syriacus. The leaves are relatively broader, 21⁄4 to 4 in. long and about as wide, with three short, triangular lobes; the toothing of the leaves is finer than it is in H. syriacus. A further point of distinction is that the involucral bracts outside the calyx are as long as the calyx or even longer and 1⁄8 to 3⁄8 in. wide. Flowers resembling those of H. syriacus, lilac-coloured, 31⁄4 to 4 in. wide at the mouth, blotched with crimson at the base. See further in Baileya, Vol. 13 (1965), p. 106.
Native of China in the provinces of Kweichow, Hunan, Kansu, and Shensi; introduced to Britain by Messrs Hillier, who received seeds from the Lushan Botanic Garden in 1936. They have named three clones and we are indebted to them for the following descriptions. Their flowers do not open so widely as those of H. syriacus, but they are more handsome in foliage.
'Autumn Surprise'
Petals white, with attractively feathered cerise base.'Lilac Queen'
Petals flushed lilac, with garnet-red base.'Ruby Glow'
Petals white, with cerise base.