#93 most planted
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus · also Hawaiian hibiscus, China rose, Shoeblack plant
OrnamentalEvergreen
23,928
trees mapped
0.23%
of all named trees
4
cities
6.3 in
median trunk (16 cm, 817 measured)
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a cultigen, an artificial hybrid developed in the pre-Columbian era in the West Pacific. It is a showy, evergreen shrub or small tree widely cultivated as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical regions. It requires moderate water use and can tolerate full sun to partial shade.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 23,0621.6%——
- 7760.22%—6.3 in
- 800.02%35 yr3.0 in
- 100.01%—1.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 5–15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 5–10 ft
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.3 in, mean 7.0 in, 90th percentile 13 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Hibiscus in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
