Blueberry Smoothie™ Rose of Sharon Tree Form

Rose of Sharon, aka woody Hibiscus, are best known as shrubs with a hardy nature and tropical-looking blooms summer through fall. But our landscape experts have taken them a step further and have created a stunning tree form with the Blueberry Smoothie™ Althea (Hibiscus syriacus 'DS01BS').

Delicious is maybe the best way to describe the flower color of this plant. The tropical-looking flowers are amazing with a mix of purple and blue-violet and are fully double-petalled to make this display amazing! You might guess the flowers look like large Carnations or even Peony blooms, while still retaining their Hibiscus family flowers. The flowers are born in profusion from mid-summer into fall much to the delight of all your pollinators and butterflies.

Blueberry Smoothie™ Rose of Sharon tree-form is a woody Hibiscus that is hardy in zones 5-8 and loves the heat and the sun. It is a bit late to get growing in the spring because it is waiting for the heat. The leaves are smaller and serrated and shiny green for an overall fine texture. Plant your Blueberry Smoothie™ Althea in a sunny location where the soil is well-drained or in a container with drainage holes on the bottom.

Planting and Application:

Because of the incredible flower display, you will want to use them where you can see them. Picture this in a large container or planter near your back patio or porch with lavender blue-violet flowers. This is a classic focal point tree form and glorious ornamental flowering bushes are elevated next level on those sturdy trunks, allowing you more options to use these low-maintenance plants anywhere in the full-sun garden!

Butterfly gardens, cottage garden accents, poolside privacy plantings, and softening a building's corner - the choices are endless! Use Blueberry Smoothie™ trees as a backdrop to your perennial or shrub borders. Let's not forget a single Blueberry Smoothie™ tree will make an amazing specimen near a sunny entrance or in a courtyard. Such a showy shrub trained into a tree commands a high-profile location in your yard.

• Althea in a NEW Tree Form!
• Creamy Violet-Blue Double Blooms
• Massive Flower Display Mid-Summer to Fall
• Sterile, Non-Invasive Selection
• Fantastic Flowering Ornamental Accents, Specimens & Focal Points

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Blueberry Smoothie™ Althea loves a hot, dry location in your yard. Once the plants are established, they are very drought tolerant, requiring little additional water without sacrificing any quality, growth, or flower power. It is an amazingly easy plant to grow, tolerating almost any well-drained soil and any site as long as it is sunny. Pruning can be done in late winter or early spring without sacrificing any flowers as they are born on new growth. Prune before they leaf out and then leave them alone to produce those amazing flowers on the new growth.

• Full Sun
• Almost Any Well-Drained Soil
• Moderate Moisture Needs
• Blooms on New Wood - Prune Late Winter/Early Spring
• Drought Tolerant
• Easy to Grow

Such an amazing, colorful, showy shrub, with tropical-looking blooms that keep popping after most other blooming deciduous plants have quit. Blueberry Smoothie™ Rose of Sharon Tree-from belongs front and center in your yard! Buy yours online at NatureHills.com before they're gone!