Pruning & Bloom

Rose of Sharon flowers on new growth, which makes late-winter or early-spring pruning useful when a plant needs shaping. Established plants are adaptable, but flowering is strongest with good light and reasonable moisture.

About This Variety

Hibiscus syriacus 'Lady Stanley' Hibiscus syriacus ' Elegantissimus' Hibiscus syriacus 'Pulcherrimus' FEATURES 'Lady Stanley' is an erect, deciduous shrub with ovate to diamond-shaped, lobed, toothed, dark green leaves and, from late summer into autumn, large, double, pink-flushed, white flowers with dark red centers. Flowers semi-double; petals white, shaded with rose and blotched with crimson at the base. An old variety, listed by Barron’s Nurseries, Elvaston, near Derby, in 1875 and perhaps raised by them.

Lady Stanley produced a naturally-occuring branch mutation back in 2001 that was introduced by Proven Winners as Sugar Tip (Hibiscus syriacus 'American Irene Scott'. For a beautiful hedge or driveway plant both & it's mutation Sugar Tip Rose of Sharon together. CHARACTERISTICS Plant Type: Shrub or Tree Shrub Type: Deciduous Flower Color: Pale Pink Habit: Upright Bushy Shrub Spacing: 6 Feet Spread: 4 - 6 Feet Flower Shade: Pale Pink Container Roll: Thriller Height Category: Tall Shrub Height: 8 - 12 Feet Foliage Colors: Green Foliage Shade: Green Common Names: Rose of Sharon Althea Invasiveness: This variety is sterile and does not produce seeds like other cultivars.

Attracts: Polinators Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds Resists: Deer Drought Clay Black Walnut PLANT NEEDS Light Requirement: Full Sun Maintenance Category: Easy Blooms On: New Growth Bloom Time: July to October Hardiness Zones: Perennial in Zones 5 - 8 Find Your Hardiness Zone Watering Needs: Average Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers. Uses: Landscape, Mass Plantings, Hedge, Patented: USPP 20, 579 This plant can not be propagated without a license by the patent holder. Fertilizer: Apply a slow release fertilizer in early spring.

Maintenance Notes: Prefers well-drained soil.